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Table 2 Serum and organ characteristics in female apolipoprotein E-deficient mice fed high-fat Western-type diets supplemented with different oils for 13 weeks

From: Cold-pressed minke whale oil reduces circulating LDL/VLDL-cholesterol, lipid oxidation and atherogenesis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice fed a Western-type diet for 13 weeks

 

CO

Diet A

CLO

Diet B

RWO

Diet C

RWO-I

Diet D

RWO-II

Diet E

CWO

Diet F

TAG (mmol/l)

2.18 ± 0.52

2.36 ± 0.61

2.35 ± 0.68

2.04 ± 0.49

2.03 ± 0.75

2.04 ± 0.74

Glucose (mmol/l)

14.5 ± 2.40

12.4 ± 1.84

15.2 ± 3.25

13.2 ± 3.87

13.6 ± 2.56

13.8 ± 2.22

Uric acid (mmol/l)

409 ± 165

399 ± 168

541 ± 211

505 ± 250

414 ± 219

354.4 ± 132

Proteins (g/l)

83.1 ± 18.2

73.3 ± 13.5

87.7 ± 16.4

85.1 ± 21.6

81.9 ± 16.7

79.3 ± 11.8

NEFA (mmol/l)

1.44 ± 0.24

1.66 ± 0.19

1.64 ± 0.25

1.56 ± 0.29

1.56 ± 0.34

1.78 ± 0.60

Spleen (g)

0.17 ± 0.05

0.17 ± 0.02

0.21 ± 0.07

0.20 ± 0.07

0.19 ± 0.05

0.17 ± 0.03

Kidney (g)

0.16 ± 0.03

0.15 ± 0.01

0.16 ± 0.02

0.16 ± 0.03

0.15 ± 0.02

0.15 ± 0.03

Heart (g)

0.15 ± 0.02

0.13 ± 0.01

0.15 ± 0.02

0.14 ± 0.02

0.14 ± 0.02

0.13 ± 0.01

Adipose (g)

2.24 ± 0.67

1.60 ± 0.58

2.03 ± 0.74

1.71 ± 0.67

2.08 ± 0.80

1.44 ± 0.38

IFNγ (pg/ml)

0.79 ± 0.97

1.26 ± 1.90

0.43 ± 0.14

0.57 ± 0.42

0.60 ± 0.51

0.45 ± 0.19

IL-10 (pg/ml)

40.7 ± 6.64

40.4 ± 17.1

40.4 ± 12.6

62.8 ± 88.6

39.1 ± 9.66

39.4 ± 10.5

IL-1β (pg/ml)

2.81 ± 1.49

2.61 ± 0.92

1.41 ± 2.68

3.29 ± 1.92

2.57 ± 2.09

3.20 ± 1.36

IL-2 (pg/ml)

1.03 ± 0.33

0.94 ± 0.40

1.13 ± 0.40

1.09 ± 0.61

1.15 ± 0.44

1.17 ± 0.27

IL-5 (pg/ml)

10.9 ± 5.54

7.82 ± 3.60

9.20 ± 4.83

9.28 ± 4.97

7.33 ± 3.19

10.2 ± 3.93

IL-6 (pg/ml)

61.1 ± 64.3

43.4 ± 28.1

50.6 ± 24.4

73.1 ± 55.5

58.4 ± 52.1

46.5 ± 28.5

KC/GRO (pg/ml)

195 ± 52.9

172 ± 43.5

168 ± 52.3

173 ± 81.2

146 ± 32.7

156 ± 63.1

TNFα (pg/ml)

25.3 ± 13.4

21.6 ± 5.90

20.1 ± 5.66

21.6 ± 10.3

24.6 ± 7.11

19.11 ± 4.80

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD. CO (n = 11), CLO (n = 9), RWO (n = 11), RWO-I (n = 11), RWO-II (n = 12), CWO (n = 10). None of the values for any group in this table are significantly different from values in any other group