Efficiency of Barley Bran and Oat Bran in Ameliorating Blood Lipid Profile and the Adverse Histological Changes in Hypercholesterolemic Male Rats

Table 1

Effect of oat bran and barley bran supplementation for 8 weeks on serum lipids in rats with induced hypercholesterolemia.

Parameters	Statistics	G1	G2	G3	G4
s.TC; (mg %)	Mean ± SE	92.70±0.95	119.46±1.10	67.80±1.98	73.64±3.93
	t-test		−13.46***	20.02***	15.15***
s.T.G; (mg/dL)	Mean ± SE	93.34±5.7	114.26±1.67	55.52±2.41	62.06±6.44
	t-test		−2.92**	16.87***	7.79***
s.HDLc; (mg/dL)	Mean ± SE	13.40±0.86	8.34±0.56	18.22±1.24	18.98±0.94
	t-test		5.94***	−9.12***	−10.92***
s.VLDLc; (mg/dL)	Mean ± SE	17.45±1.37	20.17±1.67	11.10±0.48	12.40±1.28
	t-test		−1.58 NS	5.53***	2.94**
s.LDLc; (mg/dL)	Mean ± SE	58.93±1.54	88.12±3.35	38.48±2.87	42.26±4.28
	t-test		−6.91***	10.59***	8.55***

Significant differences with controls calculated by paired sample t-test. *means significant at 𝑃<0.05, **means highly significant at 𝑃<0.01, ***means very high significant at 𝑃<0.001, and NS means nonsignificant.