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Table 3 Values of serum TC, TG, and FFAs in the studied groups

From: Free fatty acids, not triglycerides, are associated with non-alcoholic liver injury progression in high fat diet induced obese rats

 

Control group

HFD group

Acipimox group

Weeks

8 w

16 w

24 w

8 w

16 w

24 w

8 w

16 w

24 w

TC (mmol/L)

1.05 ± 0.16

1.17 ± 0.15

1.24 ± 0.15

1.36 ± 0.08

1.81 ± 0.13*#

1.93 ± 0.17*#

1.18 ± 0.08

1.22 ± 0.11

1.21 ± 0.16

TG (mmol/L)

0.25 ± 0.04

0.30 ± 0.05

0.38 ± 0.05

0.84 ± 0.07**##

1.13 ± 0.14**#

0.84 ± 0.08**#

0.44 ± 0.06

0.65 ± 0.08

0.50 ± 0.07

FFAs (mmol/L)

0.29 ± 0.07

0.29 ± 0.07

0.34 ± 0.06

0.43 ± 0.07

0.90 ± 0.06**##

0.91 ± 0.10**#

0.34 ± 0.05

0.32 ± 0.07

0.56 ± 0.10

  1. Data are shown as means ± SEM. * p < 0.05 versus the corresponding Control group; ** p < 0.01 versus the corresponding Control group; # p < 0.05 versus the corresponding Acipimox group; ## p < 0.01 versus the corresponding Acipimox group, HFD, high-fat diet, TC, Total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, FFAs free fatty acids