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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Food Biosci. 2020 Aug 4;37:100710. doi: 10.1016/j.fbio.2020.100710

Table 2.

Concentrations of serum glucose and lipid panel of obese mice supplemented with vehicle, DC or (-)-epicatechin.

Vehicle DC EC p
Glucose (mg/dL) 136±4 125±4 127±4 p≥0.05
Cholesterol (mg/dL) 100±10 101±1 97±7 p≥0.05
LDL-c (mg/dL) 53±3 41±2 41±3 p<0.05
HDL-c (mg/dL) 34±1 39±1 36±1 p≥0.05
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 130±10 113±4 115±5 p<0.05

Data are shown as the means ± SEM. Statistical analysis was done using ANOVA (intergroup differences). DC (dark chocolate beverage), EC ((-)-epicatechin)