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Table 4 Body weight, diet consumption, plasma lipid profile and inflammatory biomarkers observed in the supplemented groups

From: Effect of Echium oil compared with marine oils on lipid profile and inhibition of hepatic steatosis in LDLr knockout mice

 

CON

FIS

ALG

ECH

P 1

Initial weight (g)

26.9 ± 1.3

26.8 ± 0.6

27.3 ± 0.1

27.8 ± 0.8

0.670

Final weight (g)

28.9 ± 2.0

28.3 ± 0.6

29.8 ± 1.4

28.8 ± 0.5

0.731

Weight gain (g)

2.0 ± 0.7

1.5 ± 0.0

2.5 ± 1.3

1.1 ± 1.3

0.542

Diet consumption (g/d/mouse)

2.3 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.1

2.3 ± 0.1

2.4 ± 0.3

0.886

Cholesterol (mg/100 mL)

371.7 ± 37.4a

349.8 ± 37.2ab

350.2 ± 56.3ab

312.9 ± 40.2b

0.040

LDL (mg/100 mL)

244.3 ± 32.2

240.4 ± 34.2

227.6 ± 50.4

199.3 ± 31.4

0.054

HDL (mg/100 mL)

95.9 ± 8.8

82.7 ± 13.7

95.0 ± 8.4

92.0 ± 13.7

0.050

VLDL (mg/100 mL)

29.7 ± 4.6a

26.7 ± 5.1a

27.6 ± 9.7 a

21.6 ± 3.5b

0.036

Triacylglicerol (mg/100 mL)

149.0 ± 23.6a

133.6 ± 25.4ab

115.8 ± 34.2b

109.1 ± 17.5 b

0.008

CRP (ng/mL)

121.6 ± 5.5

118.9 ± 6.7

118.0 ± 9.6

124.6 ± 8.6

0.232

IL-6 (pg/mL)

11.4 ± 2.3

10.6 ± 2.0

10.1 ± 1.9

11.2 ± 2.0

0.457

VCAM (pg/mL)

1.7 ± 0.4

1.7 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 0.2

0.059

ICAM (ng/mL)

39.3 ± 6.7

36.9 ± 3.8

39.2 ± 4.4

35.4 ± 3.4

0.188

ADIPONECTIN (pg/mL)

13.9 ± 8.3

14.4 ± 6.0

11.5 ± 3.7

14.3 ± 9.3

0.805

  1. 1 Probability value obtained by ANOVA. Values followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 0.05; a,b: p<0.05(n = 10/group).