Table 4 Plasma total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triacylglycerides and atherogenic indexes in rats fed the control, high-cholesterol (HC) and high-cholesterol enriched with onion (HCO) diets for 7 weeks

83.88 ± 6.86^a

198.25 ± 10.61^b

224.88 ± 16.02^b

60.00 ± 4.94^a

51.50 ± 3.74^a

61.75 ± 4.12^a

11.88 ± 0.69^a

118.63 ± 8.23^b

123.50 ± 9.18^b

0.205 ± 0.019^a

2.398 ± 0.255^b

2.083 ± 0.223^b

1.405 ± 0.036^a

3.959 ± 0.307^b

3.711 ± 0.292^b

0.405 ± 0.036^a

2.959 ± 0.307^b

2.711 ± 0.292^b

84.38 ± 6.69^b

40.50 ± 3.06^a

32.63 ± 2.60^a