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Table 6 Serum and tissue cholesterol profiles

From: Association of hypercholesterolemia and cardiac function evaluated by speckle tracking echocardiography in a rabbit model

Parameters

Group 1 n = 8

Group 2 n = 10

Group 3 n = 9

F-value

P-value

Serum TC (mmol/L)

2.07 ± 0.60

24.15 ± 5.36*

34.74 ± 10.40*▲

191.27

0.000

Serum LDL-C (mmol/L)

1.13 ± 0.54

10.73 ± 3.32*

31.62 ± 3.68*▲

229.60

0.000

Tissue cholesterol(μmol/g)

0.86 ± 0.29

2.22 ± 0.62*

4.92 ± 1.63*▲

34.68

0.000

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.
  2. * p < 0.05 for group 3 and group 2 vs. group 1, ▲p < 0.05 for group 3 vs. group 2.