Table 3.

Mean blood total cholesterol levels of mice during supplementation.

GROUP	MEAN BLOOD TOTAL CHOLESTEROL (mg/dL)
	Week 0	Week 3	Week 6	Week 9	% Change (Wk 0 vs. 3)	% Change (Wk 0 vs. 6)	% Change (Wk 0 vs. 9)
ND	128.57 ± 15.37a	132.71 ± 16.08a	144.86 ± 14.22 a	142.43 ± 18.26a	+3.22%ns	+12.67%s	+10.78%s
HFD	174.90 ± 25.69b	207.86 ± 23.79b	223.29 ± 22.15b	210.71 ± 27.93b	+18.85%ns	+27.67%ns	+20.47%ns
HFD-CCP	174.90 ± 25.69b	154.29 ± 20.77a	160.00 ± 30.28a	152.86 ± 28.04a	−11.78%s	−8.52%ns	−12.60%ns
HFD-SPP	174.90 ± 25.69b	164.57 ± 24.62a	161.86 ± 45.26a	177.00 ± 27.70ab	−5.91%ns	−7.46%ns	+1.20%ns

ND– normal diet; HFD– high fat diet; HFD-CCP– HFD w/10% commercial citrus pectin; HFD-SPP– HFD w/10% SPP.

Values represent the mean ± SD (n = 7) with post-hoc analysis Tukey test at p < 0.05.

Means in the same column followed by different letter(s) are significantly different at p < 0.05.

^s- significant; ns - not significant.