Table 1.

Blood chemistry in CD- or HFD-fed LEV rats

	CD	HFD
creatinine [mg/dl]	0.37 ± 0.03	0.4 ± 0.04
urea [mg/dl]	25.77 ± 1.27	25.16 ± 3.22
cholesterol [mg/dl]	83.37 ± 7.71	95.75 ± 14.93
LDL [mg/dl]	16.37 ± 2.46	19.5 ± 4*
HDL [mg/dl]	54.62 ± 5.87	60.12 ± 5.93*
triglycerides [mg/dl]	88.62 ± 10.37	151.12 ± 37.37*
glucose [mg/dl]	115.08 ± 7.83	115.67 ± 8.08
yGT [U/l]	2.25 ± 1.56	6.37 ± 2.56
Na [mmol/l]	145.67 ± 2.76	147.5 ± 2.65
albumin [g/dl]	4.33 ± 0.09	4.2 ± 0.2
total protein [g/dl]	6.6 ± 0.2	6.66 ± 0.13
Ca [mmol/l]	2.68 ± 0.07	2.75 ± 0.05
Mg [mmol/l]	0.55 ± 0.03	0.54 ± 0.03
creatine kinase [U/l]	226.62 ± 27.21	975.37 ± 323.21*

Values are given as the means ± SEM. Significant differences were analyzed using a two-way t-test and indicated by * for p ≤ 0.05 compared with CD-fed rats