Cafeteria Diet-Induced Metabolic and Cardiovascular Changes in Rats: The Role of Piper nigrum Leaf Extract

Table 3

Effects of Piper nigrum on Lee index, metabolic efficiency index, and atherogenic index.

	Nor.	Neg.	Ator.	E250	E500
LI	0.32 ± 0.01	0.31 ± 0.007	0.31 ± 0.009	0.31 ± 0.008	0.30 ± 0.004
ME	0.786 ± 0.02	1.36 ± 0.04c	0.946 ± 0.012	1.09 ± 0.05	0.752 ± 0.033
AI	1.76 ± 0.12	1.90 ± 0.18	1.45 ± 0.26	1.56 ± 0.22	0.82 ± 0.01a2