Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 4 Changes to plasma lipid profile in hamsters fed one of the five diets

From: Effects of hawthorn seed oil on plasma cholesterol and gut microbiota

	NCD	HCD	LHSO	HHSO	PCD
Week 0
TC (mg/dL)	165.7 ± 27.2	163.5 ± 25.8	161.3 ± 15.2	167.8 ± 25.9	170.6 ± 21.5
HDL-C (mg/dL)	137.1 ± 23.9	144.0 ± 20.8	135.6 ± 20.8	132.0 ± 33.2	134.0 ± 19.6
nHDL-C (mg/dL)	28.5 ± 10.3	19.5 ± 24.9	25.7 ± 13.9	35.7 ± 19.5	36.5 ± 15.6
TG (mg/dL)	59.8 ± 17.2	61.3 ± 11.6	68.3 ± 12.1	63.1 ± 10.0	71.9 ± 15.1
nHDL-C/HDL-C	0.2 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.1
HDL-C/TC	0.8 ± 0.0	0.8 ± 0.1	0.8 ± 0.0	0.7 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.0
Week 6
TC (mg/dL)	160.2 ± 22.7^c	238.8 ± 20.9^a	200.6 ± 14.4^b	202.1 ± 28.1^b	155.4 ± 9.8^c
HDL-C (mg/dL)	113.3 ± 15.1^c	157.4 ± 16.4^a	133.2 ± 11.1^b	140.7 ± 18.4^b	129.5 ± 3.9^bc
nHDL-C (mg/dL)	46.8 ± 12.4^c	81.4 ± 12.0^a	67.3 ± 16.3^ab	61.4 ± 15.9^bc	25.8 ± 9.0^d
TG (mg/dL)	97.5 ± 45.0^b	184.6 ± 87.2^a	150.3 ± 41.2^ab	132.5 ± 47.4^ab	121.9 ± 13.9^ab
nHDL-C/HDL-C	0.4 ± 0.1^a	0.5 ± 0.1^a	0.5 ± 0.1^a	0.4 ± 0.1^a	0.2 ± 0.0^b
HDL-C/TC	0.7 ± 0.0^b	0.6 ± 0.0^b	0.6 ± 0.0^b	0.7 ± 0.0^b	0.8 ± 0.0^a

TC, Plasma total cholesterol; HDL-C, High density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG, Triacylglycerol; nHDL-C, Non-HDL cholesterol; NCD, Non-cholesterol diet; HCD, 0.15% Cholesterol diet; LHSO, Hawthorn seed oil substituting 50% lard; HHSO, Hawthorn seed oil substituting 100% lard; PCD, HCD with 0.5% cholestyramine
Data is expressed as mean ± S.D., where different letters in superscript indicate statistical difference, p < 0.05

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