Irvingia gabonensis fat: nutritional properties and effect of increasing amounts on the growth and lipid metabolism of young rats wistar sp

Table 10 Influence of the incorporation of dika nut fat on some clinical parameter for males and females rats

Diets	Total Cholesterol	HDL-cholesterol	Triglycerides	LDL-cholesterol
Mg/dl
Male (n = 5)
IG₀	147.56 ± 7.02	82.08 ± 5.68	120.98 ± 9.56	58.232 ± 10.35
IG₁	134.70 ± 19.65	78.66 ± 6.43^a	130.24 ± 9.33	43.72 ± 19.58^a
IG₂	193.64 ± 7.58¹**	84.71 ± 2.16^a	143.58 ± 4.59*	82.57 ± 12.23^b
IG₃	186.32 ± 7.85¹**	85.96 ± 3.53^a	181.90 ± 14.97²**	69.95 ± 9.39^b
Female (n = 5)
IG₀	138.10 ± 10.52	65.79 ± 12.67	104.00 ± 16.98	58.71 ± 12.99
IG₁	160.31 ± 10.18^a,b	67.10 ± 10.66^a	137.40 ± 7.61^a**	65.72 ± 6.39^a
IG₂	151.67 ± 6.47^a	71.86 ± 10.41^a	157.61 ± 10.65^a**	48.29 ± 4.63^b
IG₃	176.25 ± 21.8^b**	92.94 ± 5.65^b**	156.49 ± 11.40^a**	54.01 ± 6.96^a

-In the columns, the values affected of the same letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05) and the value with different letter are significantly different (P < 0.05). (Bonferroni between treated animals).
-In the columns, the values affected of the same number are not significantly different (P > 0.05)
¹ Significantly higher in comparison to IG₁ group for male between treated animals (P < 0.001) (Bonferroni)
² Significantly higher in comparison to IG₁ and IG₂ groups for male between treated animals (P < 0.001) (Bonferroni)
* Significantly different from fat control in the same sex (P < 0.05). (Dunnett's)
** Significantly different from fat control in the same sex (p < 0.01). (Dunnett's

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