Table 2.

Serum lipid profile (mean ± SEM, or ratios) in cats (n = 8) fed CON, +LC, +POLI or +RP diets^* at days 0, 14 and 28

		CON	+LC	+POLI	+RP	SEM	P value
TC (mmol/l)	Day 0	3.20	3.36	3.00	3.12	0.33	0.909
	Day 14	3.10	2.84	2.97	3.07	0.36	0.926
	Day 28	2.96	3.18	3.19	3.04	0.33	0.936
	P value	0.824	0.607	0.861	0.981
LDL-C (mmol/l)	Day 0	0.46	0.43	0.41	0.39	0.07	0.876
	Day 14	0.42	0.35	0.35	0.37	0.08	0.899
	Day 28	0.37	0.35	0.39	0.35	0.07	0.945
	P value	0.645	0.614	0.861	0.889
HDL-C (mmol/l)	Day 0	2.74	2.93	2.59	2.73	0.28	0.892
	Day 14	2.68	2.49	2.62	2.70	0.31	0.937
	Day 28	2.59	2.83	2.80	2.70	0.28	0.916
	P value	0.895	0.632	0.832	0.994
TG (mmol/l)	Day 0	0.40	0.47	0.47	0.46	0.31	0.939
	Day 14	0.46	0.40	0.41	0.44	0.21	0.888
	Day 28	0.43	0.42	0.43	0.38	0.18	0.859
	P value	0.793	0.847	0.869	0.658
TC:HDL-C	Day 0	3.1:2.7	3.4:2.9	1.5:1.3	3.0:2.7		0.614
	Day 14	3.0:2.7	1.5:1.2	1.5:1.3	1.5:1.3		0.543
	Day 28	1.5:1.3	3.2:2.8	3.2:2.8	1.5:1.3		0.885
	P value	0.473	0.696	0.353	0.782
LDL-C:HDL-C	Day 0	0.23:1.4	0.22:1.5	0.20:1.3	0.20:1.4		0.614
	Day 14	0.21:1.3	0.18:1.2	0.17:1.3	0.19:1.3		0.542
	Day 28	0.18:1.3	0.17:1.4	0.19:1.4	0.17:1.3		0.885
	P value	0.473	0.696	0.353	0.775

CON = control diet with no supplementation; +LC = control diet supplemented with L-carnitine; +POLI = control diet supplemented with encapsulated policosanol; +RP = control diet supplemented with raw policosanol; TC = total cholesterol (reference interval [RI] 1.00–4.40 mmol/l; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, reference interval of 0.00–1.40 mmol/l); HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (RI 2.00–3.30 mmol/l); TG = triglycerides (RI of 0.20–1.10 mmol/l); TC:HDL-C = ratio of triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C:HDL-C = ratio of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. RIs determined by the Lipid Analytical Laboratories