Tissue dyslipidemia in salmonella-infected rats treated with amoxillin and pefloxacin

Table 7 Intensity of association between fecal bacteria load and lipid profiles and hepatic HMG CoA/Mevalonate ratio in the animals

Parameters	Correlation coefficient
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Weight change	−0.609^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Plasma Cholesterol	0.456^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Plasma Triacylglycerols	0.485^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Plasma Phospholipid	0.414^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Plasma free fatty acids	0.485^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. HDL Cholesterol	−0.485^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. LDL-VLDL Triacylglycerols	0.313^b
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Erythrocyte Triacylglycerols	−0.318^b
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Liver Cholesterol	0.464^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Liver Triacylglycerols	0.546^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Liver Phospholipid	0.680^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Kidney Triacylglycerols	0.445^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Kidney Phospholipid	0.459^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Brain Triacylglycerols	0.785^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Brain Phospholipid	0.343^b
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Spleen Phospholipid	−0.419^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Heart Cholesterol	0.488^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Heart Phospholipid	−0.415^a
Fecal Bacteria load vs. Erythrocyte ghost Phospholipid	0.359^b
Fecal Bacteria load vs. HMG CoA/Mevalonate	−0.501^a

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