. 2020 Jan 17;6(1):e03209. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03209

Table 2.

Effects of giving taurine on serum lipid profile level of hypertensive rats.

Parameters		Groups
Parameters		Control	Hypertensive Recovery group	Hypertensive with T group
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	2 weeks	$62.357 \pm {0.841}_{a}^{A}$	$110.906 \pm {1.385}_{a}^{B}$	$85.612 \pm {1.070}_{a}^{C}$
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	4 weeks	$62.829 \pm {0.911}_{a}^{A}$	$101.274 \pm {1.429}_{b}^{B}$	$70.756 \pm {1.274}_{b}^{C}$
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	2 weeks	$63.654 \pm {0.805}_{a}^{A}$	$121.296 \pm {1.134}_{a}^{B}$	$94.051 \pm {1.063}_{a}^{C}$
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	4 weeks	$64.007 \pm {0.585}_{a}^{A}$	$106.308 \pm {1.074}_{b}^{B}$	$76.553 \pm {1.076}_{b}^{C}$
HDL - Cholesterol (mg/dL)	2 weeks	$23.673 \pm {0.641}_{a}^{A}$	$23.457 \pm {0.696}_{a}^{A}$	$24.395 \pm {0.818}_{a}^{A}$
HDL - Cholesterol (mg/dL)	4 weeks	$23.787 \pm {0.661}_{a}^{A}$	$22.082 \pm {0.687}_{b}^{B}$	$23.688 \pm {0.731}_{a}^{A}$
LDL - Cholesterol (mg/dL)	2 weeks	$25.842 \pm {0.593}_{a}^{A}$	$61.215 \pm {0.682}_{a}^{B}$	$46.379 \pm {0.490}_{a}^{C}$
LDL - Cholesterol (mg/dL)	4 weeks	$26.017 \pm {0.576}_{a}^{A}$	$57.004 \pm {0.627}_{b}^{B}$	$35.201 \pm {0.431}_{b}^{C}$

Values are expressed as means ± S.E.

A, B, C = means bearing different superscripts within the same row are differ significantly (P < 0.05).

a, b = means bearing different subscripts within the same column are differ significantly (P < 0.05).