Table 2.

Plasma lipid profiles and blood glucose level at 3 months.

Parameters	Control	HF	HF + dMF100 mg/kg	HF + dMF 300 mg/kg
Plasma lipid (mg/dL)
TC	60.9 ± 1.2	127.6 ± 4.6∗∗	118.4 ± 4.5∗∗	116.7 ± 9.4∗∗
TGs	70.5 ± 4.1	70.2 ± 2.7	49.5 ± 3.6∗∗,###	46.8 ± 1.9∗∗,###
HDL	37.2 ± 2.1	34.9 ± 4.3	44.2 ± 1.0∗,##	46.4 ± 0.6∗∗,###
LDL	19.4 ± 2.8	71.4 ± 5.0∗∗	64.5 ± 8.1∗	64.5 ± 12.0∗
TC/HDL	1.6 ± 0.1	3.6 ± 0.2∗∗	2.62 ± 0.1∗,##	2.59 ± 0.2∗,##
Blood glucose (mg/dL)
Baseline	95.5 ± 1.6	97.3 ± 5.2	94.8 ± 4.2	97.7 ± 2.9
3 months	94.2 ± 2.5	113.7 ± 3.9∗∗	94.3 ± 0.7###	99.8 ± 3.0#

Control, normal diet; HF, high-fat diet; HF + dMF 100, high fat diet+100 mg/kg dried mulberry fruit powder; HF + dMF 300, high-fat diet+300 mg/kg dried mulberry fruit powder; TC, total cholesterol; TGs, triglycerides; HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low density lipoprotein cholesterol. Values are means ± SEM (n = 6). ∗P < 0.01, ∗∗P < 0.001 vs. control. #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01, ###P < 0.001 vs. high fat diet.