Protective effects of various ratios of DHA/EPA supplementation on high-fat diet-induced liver damage in mice

Table 3 Effects of various ratios of DHA/EPA on serum and liver lipids in high-fat diet-induced mice

	NC	HFC	DHA	DHA/EPA 2:1	DHA/EPA 1:1	DHA/EPA 1:2
Serum TC/(mmol/L)	3.693 ± 0.298^aA	5.175 ± 0.368^bB	3.559 ± 0.246^aA	4.144 ± 0.323^aAB	4.058 ± 0.181^aA	3.935 ± 0.180^aA
Serum TG/(mmol/L)	1.198 ± 0.045^bB	1.388 ± 0.029^cC	0.862 ± 0.035^aA	0.981 ± 0.060^aA	0.986 ± 0.028^aA	0.879 ± 0.046^aA
Serum HDL-C/(mmol/L)	1.144 ± 0.044^cdBC	0.791 ± 0.028^aA	1.270 ± 0.043^dC	1.015 ± 0.017^bB	1.128 ± 0.038^bcBC	1.267 ± 0.029^dC
Serum LDL-C/(mmol/L)	1.954 ± 0.082^bcB	2.654 ± 0.055^dC	1.600 ± 0.081^aA	2.158 ± 0.087^cB	2.070 ± 0.076^bcB	1.914 ± 0.067^bB
Liver TC/(mmol/L)	1.276 ± 0.099^aA	2.452 ± 0.101^dD	1.515 ± 0.078^bAB	1.689 ± 0.055^bcBC	1.811 ± 0.055^cBC	1.823 ± 0.038^cC
Liver TG/(mmol/L)	3.559 ± 0.184^bAB	6.177 ± 0.330^dD	2.693 ± 0.166^aA	4.293 ± 0.100^cBC	4.494 ± 0.350^cC	4.538 ± 0.172^cC
hepatic organ coefficient /(g/100 g)	3.835 ± 0.098^aA	4.268 ± 0.037^bB	4.019 ± 0.080^aAB	3.934 ± 0.097^aA	4.033 ± 0.037^aAB	3.939 ± 0.060^aA

Note: Each value is the mean ± SEM (n = 8), and any two groups without the same lowercase or uppercase letters, as marked in the table, indicate a significant difference of p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively

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