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Table 1 Plasma and liver lipids in running C57BL/6 mice compared with sedentary controls

From: Voluntary exercise increases cholesterol efflux but not macrophage reverse cholesterol transport in vivo in mice

 

Sedentary (n = 6)

Running (n = 7)

PLASMA LIPIDS

  

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

85 ± 3

78 ± 7

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

56 ± 5

49 ± 6

Non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

29 ± 4

29 ± 6

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

68 ± 20

44 ± 16*

Phospholipids (mg/dl)

182 ± 7

155 ± 23

MORPHOLOGICAL DATA

  

Body weight (g)

22.2 ± 1.1

21.8 ± 1.3

Liver weight (g)

0.98 ± 0.06

1.1 ± 0.06**

Liver weight (% of body weight)

4.4 ± 0.2

5.0 ± 0.3**

Food intake (g/d)

4.1 ± 0.3

5.4 ± 0.5***

LIVER LIPIDS

  

Total cholesterol (μmol/g)

7.3 ± 0.8

6.3 ± 0.7

Free cholesterol (μmol/g)

6.6 ± 0.8

5.6 ± 0.7*

Cholesterol esters (μmol/g)

0.7 ± 0.3

0.6 ± 0.1

Triglycerides (μmol/g)

24.3 ± 3.6

14.0 ± 2.3***

Phospholipids (μmol/g)

37.8 ± 5.5

33.3 ± 5.3

  1. Values are means ± SD determined after 2 weeks of voluntary wheel running exercise. Significant differences from sedentary mice are indicated as: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.