Regulation of lipid metabolism-related gene expression in whole blood cells of normo- and dyslipidemic men after fish oil supplementation

Table 2 Serum lipid levels of the normo- and dyslipidemic men at baseline (t ₀ ) and after supplementation with fish oil over twelve weeks (t ₁₂ )

Parameters	Normolipidemic (n = 9)		Dyslipidemic (n = 7)
Parameters	t₀	t₁₂	t₀	t₁₂
Total cholesterol [mg/dl]	183.33 ± 13.88 ^a	190.56 ± 21.88 ^b	272.86 ± 67.17 ^a	278.40 ± 45.21 ^b
Triacylglycerol [mg/dl]	82.22 ± 37.42 ^a	63.00 ± 14.09 ^b	362.00 ± 284.62^a	262.14 ± 153.52 ^b
High-density lipoprotein [mg/dl]	58.67 ± 10.92	65.67 ± 15.23 ^c_T	45.86 ± 6.15	52.14 ± 9.84 ^c
Low-density lipoprotein [mg/dl]	108.33 ± 13.54	112.33 ± 16.88 ^b	146.60 ± 6.43	176.20 ± 20.56 ^b^c
LDL-C/HDL-C quotient	1.90 ± 0.37 ^a	1.80 ± 0.51 ^b	3.10 ± 0.47 ^a	3.28 ± 0.89 ^b

a: p < 0.05 (Changes of means at baseline were evaluated between normolipidemic and dyslipidemic subjects by Student’s t-test).
b: p < 0.05 (Changes of means after twelve weeks of supplementation were evaluated between normolipidemic and dyslipidemic subjects by Student’s t-test).
c: p < 0.05 (Changes between t₀ and t₁₂ were evaluated within groups by Student’s t-test for dependent samples).
_T: p < 0.1 (trend of significance).

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