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Table 4 Effect of high-fat diet and flaxseed on lipid profile of controls and experimental rabbit groups*

From: The effects of seed from Linum usitatissimum cultivar with increased phenylpropanoid compounds and hydrolysable tannin in a high cholesterol-fed rabbit

Parameters

CTRL

LIN

W86

CHOL

TC (mmol L−1)

 6 weeks

0.82 ± 0.18A

16.40 ± 3.27B

11.87 ± 2.28C

12.50 ± 5.29C

 10 weeks

0.79 ± 0.30A

15.66 ± 5.46B

12.17 ± 3.38C

13.53 ± 4.39D

non-HDL-C (mmol L− 1)

 6 weeks

0.40 ± 0.22Aa

15.79 ± 5.40B

11.27 ± 2.33Ca

11.81 ± 3.45C

 10 weeks

0.24 ± 0.15Ab

15.26 ± 6.28B

10.35 ± 2.29Cb

12.87 ± 4.92D

LDL-C (mmol L− 1)

 6 weeks

0.19 ± 0.05A

8.65 ± 3.59B

5.93 ± 1.36C

6.88 ± 2.06D

 10 weeks

0.23 ± 0.09A

8.21 ± 5.10B

6.27 ± 2.13C

7.01 ± 2.80C

HDL-C (mmol L−1)

 6 weeks

0.41 ± 0.14A

0.61 ± 0.16B

0.60 ± 0.10B

0.68 ± 0.26B

 10 weeks

0.56 ± 0.24A

0.59 ± 0.08A

0.57 ± 0.21A

0.67 ± 0.21B

VLDL-C (mmol L− 1)

 6 weeks

0.21 ± 0.22A

7.13 ± 2.22B

4.67 ± 2.36C

4.93 ± 1.59C

 10 weeks

0.15 ± 0.09A

5.97 ± 2.92B

3.96 ± 2.79C

5.36 ± 2.30B

TG (mmol L−1)

 6 weeks

0.74 ± 0.13Aa

1.02 ± 2.41B

0.74 ± 0.25A

1.48 ± 1.84B

 10 weeks

0.57 ± 0.16Ab

1.03 ± 0.27B

0.81 ± 0.21C

1.31 ± 0.29D

  1. *Mean ± SD values within the same row sharing a different superscript letter (A, B, C, etc.) are significantly different (P < 0.05) but values within the same column not sharing a common uppercase superscript letter (a, b) differ significantly (P < 0.05)