. 2020 Oct 8;12(10):3070. doi: 10.3390/nu12103070

Table 6.

The effects of the Fe(III) and Cr(III) levels in the diet on the lipid profile in rats.

Factors	Factor A Level (mg/kg)	Factor B Level (mg/kg)		N	Parameters
			Group		Triglycerides (TG) Concentration (mg/dL)	p	Total Cholesterol Concentration (mg/dL)	p	LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)	p	HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)	p
					Main Effects (Mean ± SD)
Fe-deficiency	5		D	18	38.375 ± 11.372	NS	84.278 ± 11.876	NS	44.193 ± 7.771	NS	29.205 ± 1.893 ^b	p < 0.05
Fe-control	45		C	18	46.118 ± 10.879		81.333 ± 12.049		44.858 ± 10.884		27.634 ± 2.272 ^a
Fe-oversupply	180		H	18	43.000 ± 9.507		90.833 ± 20.709		48.318 ± 11.981		29.219 ± 2.683 ^b
Cr-control dose		1	1	18	44.647 ± 11.113	NS	87.889 ± 27.357	NS	44.737 ± 12.250	NS	29.428 ± 2.830	NS
Cr-medium dose		50	50	18	41.412 ± 11.125		80.278 ± 14.776		43.155 ± 9.330		27.878 ± 2.126
Cr-high dose		500	500	18	41.625 ± 10.682		88.278 ± 14.228		48.491 ± 8.589		28.515 ± 1.950
Factors Combinations					Interaction Effects (Mean ± SD)
Fe-deficiency	5	1	D1	6	38.000 ± 7.714	NS	90.000 ± 10.526	NS	43.613 ± 2.867	NS	30.586 ± 1.151 ^a,b	p < 0.05
	5	50	D50	6	36.500 ± 8.939		77.000 ± 13.221		42.223 ± 10.164		28.370 ± 2.210 ^a,b
	5	500	D500	6	41.000 ± 17.649		85.833 ± 9.390		46.550 ± 7.831		28.750 ± 1.712 ^a,b
Fe-control	45	1	C1	6	47.167 ± 13.029		80.000 ± 14.873		43.348 ± 13.019		27.218 ± 3.007 ^a,b
	45	50	C50	6	48.800 ± 13.971		73.167 ± 3.251		36.756 ± 3.855		26.488 ± 1.410 ^a
	45	500	C500	6	42.833 ± 5.601		90.833 ± 8.448		53.120 ± 6.883		29.197 ± 1.345 ^a,b
Fe-oversupply	180	1	H1	6	47.667 ± 10.727		93.667 ± 23.922		47.945 ± 18.446		30.920 ± 2.368 ^b
	180	50	H50	6	40.167 ± 8.635		90.667 ± 18.811		52.553 ± 5.148		29.348 ± 2.031 ^a,b
	180	500	H500	6	40.800 ± 8.585		88.167 ± 22.666		44.458 ± 10.752		27.416 ± 2.644 ^a,b

Note: The values which do not have the same superscript letter are significantly different (p < 0.05); NS: no significant effect; SD: standard deviation.