Table 2.

Metabolic parameters and mean arterial blood pressure in rats on regular diet as determined after 14 days and dietary capsaicin (1 mg/kg/day) supplementation. Data are from [43].

Heading	Regular Diet	Capsaicin	p Value
food intake, g/24 h	19.9 + 4.7	22.7 + 7.6	0.494
total cholesterol, mmol/L	1.4 + 0.5	1.2 + 0.5	0.433
LDL-cholesterol, mmol/L	0.6 + 0.5	0.5 + 0.3	0.435
HDL-cholesterol, mmol/L	0.5 + 0.3	0.5 + 0.2	0.179
mean arterial pressure, mmHg	152 + 28	148 + 26	0.123