Table 2 Blood parameters of rats fed with soybean oil, lard or fish oil diets (means ± standard errors, n = 11).

From: Fish oil diet may reduce inflammatory levels in the liver of middle-aged rats

Items

Soybean oil

Lard

Fish oil

Glu (mmol/L)

5.27 ± 0.20a

5.47 ± 0.27a

4.89 ± 0.18a

TAG (mmol/L)

1.59 ± 0.11b

1.99 ± 0.14a

1.09 ± 0.13c

TC (mmol/L)

3.06 ± 0.12b

3.50 ± 0.17a

2.76 ± 0.11b

HDL (mmol/L)

1.20 ± 0.06a

1.02 ± 0.04b

1.00 ± 0.05b

LDL (mmol/L)

1.68 ± 0.06b

1.94 ± 0.09a

1.48 ± 0.06b

White blood cell count (WBC, 109/L)

8.88 ± 0.51b

10.68 ± 0.70a

8.20 ± 0.28b

Insulin resistance index (IRI)

13.96 ± 2.47a

15.16 ± 1.55a

12.29 ± 1.09a