Table 2.

Weight, food intake and lipid profiles for adult, male rats on normal laboratory diet (Group A) compared to a high cholesterol diet (Group D).

Parameters	Group A	Group D	P value
	(n = 5)	(n = 5)
Initial weight (g)	131.8 ± 1.2	133.1 ± 2.5	0.28
Final weight (g)	155.4 ± 3.	159.3 ± 4.3	<0.001
Body weight gain (g)	23.5 ± 2.1	29.2 ± 1.8	<0.001
Food intake (g)	27.8 ± 6.6	39.2 ± 8.5	<0.001
Food efficiency ratio	0.84 ± 0.31	0.67 ± 0.21	0.06
Serum total cholesterol (mg/dL)	95.1 ± 2.5	138.3 ± 5.9	<0.001
Serum triglycerides (mg/dL)	82.1 ± 2.5	108.1 ± 2.4	<0.001
Serum HDL-C (mg/dL)	33.9 ± 0.7	30.9 ± 0.8	0.07
Serum LDL-C (mg/dL)	44.8 ± 1.3	80.8 ± 4.6	<0.001

Data presented are mean ± SD. P-value significant at <0.05.