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Table 2 Effect of krill oil on plasma lipid concentrations 8 weeks after MI

From: Krill oil attenuates left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction in rats

 

Control feed

Krill oil feed

 

Sham

MI

MI-nPT

MI-PT

 

mmol/L

Total cholesterol

2.09 ± 0,14

1.93 ± 0.08

1.73 ± 0.10*

1.59 ± 0.06**

HDL cholesterol

1.31 ± 0.07

1.33 ± 0.06

1.22 ± 0.06

1.05 ± 0.04***

LDL cholesterol

0.24 ± 0.04

0.25 ± 0.02

0.20 ± 0.02*

0.16 ± 0.02**

Free cholesterol

0.56 ± 0.04

0.49 ± 0.02#

0.42 ± 0.02*

0.40 ± 0.01**

Triglycerides

1.67 ± 0.24

1.12 ± 0.17

1.53 ± 0.14*

1.59 ± 0.11**

Phospholipids

2.19 ± 0.12

1.91 ± 0.06#

1.75 ± 0.07

1.73 ± 0.05*

FFA

0.15 ± 0.04

0.34 ± 0.05#

0.12 ± 0.03**

0.11 ± 0.02***

Glucose

11.8 ± 0.47

11.6 ± 0.39

11.1 ± 0.37

10.8 ± 0.41

  1. MI, myocardial infarction; nPT, non-pretreated; PT, pretreated; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; FFA, free fatty acids. Values are mean ± SEM. #P ≤ 0.05 vs sham, *P ≤ 0.05 vs MI-control, **P ≤ 0.01 vsMI-control, ***P ≤ 0.001 vs MI-control, P ≤ 0.05 vs MI-nPT.