Table 1. Blood lipid indicators after 4 weeks of treatment in each group.

Groups	n	Time points	TG (mmol/l)	TC (mmol/l)	HDL-C (mmol/l)	LDL-C (mmol/l)	VLDL-C (mmol/l)
Diabetes	30	0 W	2.15 ± 0.18	1.49 ± 0.15	1.03 ± 0.10	0. 47 ± 0.04	0.87 ± 0.09
		4 W	2.23 ± 0.18	1.45 ± 0.14	1.01 ± 0.09	0. 51 ± 0.03	0.91 ± 0.08
10 mg/(kg·day)	20	0 W	2.11 ± 0.19	1.47 ± 0.16	1.07 ± 0.09	0.45 ± 0.04	0.91 ± 0.09
		4 W	1.95 ± 0.18†	1.34 ± 0.15†	1.20 ± 0.12†	0. 39 ± 0.04†	0.76 ± 0.07†
20 mg/(kg·day)	20	0 W	2.09 ± 0.20	1.46 ± 0.15	1.05 ± 0.10	0. 46 ± 0.04	0.85 ± 0.08
		4 W	1.82 ± 0.16*†	1.31 ± 0.13†	1.24 ± 0.12†	0. 38 ± 0.04†	0.59± 0.07*†
40 mg/(kg·day)	20	0 W	2.06 ± 0.17	1.42 ± 0.13	1.11 ± 0.12	0. 48 ± 0.05	0.89 ± 0.09
		4 W	1.65 ± 0.16*†	1.15 ± 0.12*†	1.60 ± 0.16*†	0. 28 ± 0.03*†	0.50 ± 0.05*†
80 mg/(kg·day)	20	0 W	2.04 ± 0.21	1.45 ± 0.13	1.02 ± 0.11	0. 45 ± 0.04	0.86 ± 0.08
		4 W	1.47 ± 0.14*†	1.05 ± 0.15*†	1.68 ± 0.17*†	0. 25 ± 0.03*†	0.45 ± 0.04*†

Comparison at 0 and 4 W within one group was analyzed by paired t test. Comparison of indicators at different time points was analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance, followed by Tukey’s post hoc test.

Abbreviations: N, number; W, week.

*P<0.05 versus the diabetes group.

†P<0.05 versus the 0 W.