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Table 1 Establishment of high fat feeding model on body weight and blood lipid parameters in Syrian golden hamsters 2

From: Phytosterols protect against diet-induced hypertriglyceridemia in Syrian golden hamsters

 

Diets

Item

LF1

HF1

Whole body parameters

  

  Initial body weight (g)

124.13 ± 1.81

126.21 ± 1.81

  Final body weight (g)

139.58 ± 3.27

151.18 ± 3.42*

  Body weight change (%)

15.18 ± 2.64

25.75 ± 2.75*

Blood biochemistry

  

  Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.65 ± 0.31

6.45 ± 0.31*

  Non-HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.19 ± 0.21

2.87 ± 0.21*

  HDL-cholesterol

2.45 ± 0.21

3.57 ± 0.21*

  Triglycerides (mmol/L)

2.48 ± 0.46

5.26 ± 0.46*

  Glucose (mmol/L)

10.76 ± 0.66

12.16 ± 0.87*

  AST (U/L)

90.18 ± 11.92

86.20 ± 8.90

  ALT (U/L)

62.0 ± 8.24

83.60 ± 8.32*

  1. 1LF, low fat control diet; HF, High fat diet.
  2. 2mean ± SEM, n = 12.
  3. *Significantly different from LF (p < 0.05).