Effect of Vitamins A, C, and E Supplementation in the Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome in Albino Rats

Table 2

Effect of antioxidant vitamins on lipid profile and atherogenic index.

Group	TC (mg/dL)	TG (mg/dL)	HDL-C (mg/dL)	LDL-C (mg/dL)	VLDL-C (mg/dL)	AI
I	78.08 ± 4.03	63.89 ± 5.17	40.44 ± 5.30	24.53 ± 4.85	12.77 ± 1.03	0.61 ± 0.16
II	123.64 ± 7.47^c	121.10 ± 12.14^c	30.36 ± 2.23	69.05 ± 5.83^c	24.21 ± 2.42^c	2.27 ± 0.20^c
III	104.84 ± 6.96^a, c	76.08 ± 7.69^a	43.72 ± 9.82	45.80 ± 7.62^a, c	15.21 ± 1.54^a	1.08 ± 0.26^a, d
IV	101.52 ± 9.29^a, c	78.75 ± 3.19^a	41.79 ± 6.08^b	43.98 ± 5.26^a, c	15.74 ± 0.63^a	1.06 ± 0.18^a, d
V	97.21 ± 8.01^a, c	81.87 ± 13.86^a, d	43.97 ± 11.46^b	37.07 ± 9.93^a, d	16.16 ± 2.75^a, d	0.89 ± 0.34^a
VI	101.45 ± 6.22^a, c	86.12 ± 8.52^a, c	42.79 ± 2.86^b	42.44 ± 4.27^a, c	17.22 ± 1.70^a, c	1.01 ± 0.12^a, d

TC: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, VLDL-C: very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, AI: atherogenic index, I: normotensive control, II: hypertensive control, III: group treated with vitamin C, IV: group treated with vitamin A, V: group treated with vitamin E, and VI: group treated with all the vitamins. Values are expressed as mean ± SD; 𝑛=5. ^aP < 0.01 when compared with group II, ^bP < 0.05 when compared with group II, ^cP < 0.01 when compared with group I, and ^dP < 0.05 when compared with group I by Dunnette’s multiple comparison test.