Table 1.

Effects of 5% cholesterol plus 0.1% cholic acid enriched diet on the serum lipid profile at week 8

Animal group	Control group (I) (n=8)		HCD group (III) (n=8)
	Before	After	Before	After
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	49.37 ± 3.70	49.12 ± 6.66	50.12 ± 7.05	97.25 ± 33.93a
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	56.25 ± 6.80	52.37 ± 13.02	52.00 ± 27.42	50.25 ± 19.79
HDL-C (mg/dl)	30.03 ± 4.77	32.26 ± 5.80	31.20 ± 5.69	23.45 ± 4.47a
LDL-C (mg/dl)	8.08 ± 1.62	6.38 ± 2.32	8.02 ± 3.22	63.75 ± 31.99a
VLDL-C (mg/dl)	11.27± 1.40	10.47 ± 2.60	10.40 ± 5.48	10.05 ± 3.96

Control, rats fed with normal diet; HCD, rats fed with hypercholesterolemic diet. Values are expressed as the means±SD

LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL-C, very low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^a P<0.01 vs. Control