Fig 1

Liver and plasma total cholesterol (TC) and triacylglycerol (TG) levels in sham (■) and ovariectomized (Ovx, gray square symbol) rats fed a standard diet (SD), a SD + 0.25 % cholesterol diet (SD + Chol), and a high fat + 0.25 % cholesterol diet (HF + Chol). Values are mean ± SE with n = 8 rats per group. *Significantly different from respective Sham rats (P < 0.05), **(P < 0.01), ***(P < 0.001); ^†Significantly different from respective rats fed the SD diet (P < 0.05), ^††(P < 0.01), ^†††(P < 0.001); ^δSignificantly different from respective rats fed the SD + Chol diet (P < 0.05), ^δδδ(P < 0.001)