Edible Bird’s Nest Regulates Hepatic Cholesterol Metabolism through Transcriptional Regulation of Cholesterol Related Genes

Table 2

Food composition, food intake, body weight, and lipid profile.

Animal group	Component ratio (%)	Additional component (%)	Food intake (Kcal/kg/day)	Initial weight (g)	Final weight (g)	Chol. (mmol/L)	Trig. (mmol/L)	LDL (mmol/L)	HDL (mmol/L)	LDL/HDL	TG/HDL
Normal	100 : 0 : 0 : 0	0	215.5 ± 33.5^a	260.4 ± 10.7^a	384.0 ± 22.9^a	1.55 ± 0.43^a	0.62 ± 0.15^a	0.28 ± 0.11^a	1.18 ± 0.35^a	0.24 ± 0.04^a	0.55 ± 0.15^a
HFD	65 : 5 : 20 : 10	0	215.0 ± 37.5^a	262.6 ± 17.7^a	395.2 ± 16.8^a	7.47 ± 1.13^b	1.21 ± 0.38^b	4.98 ± 1.03^b	1.05 ± 0.13^a	4.77 ± 0.98^b	1.16 ± 0.33^b
HFD + SIM	65 : 5 : 20 : 10	Simvastatin (10 mg/kg)	215.7 ± 36.6^a	267.7 ± 21^a	375.7 ± 53.4^a	4.99 ± 1.11^c,d	0.63 ± 0.18^a	3.60 ± 1.1^b,c	1.04 ± 0.17^a	3.46 ± 0.94^b,c	0.62 ± 0.22^a,b
HFD + EBNL	62.5 : 5 : 20 : 10	2.5% EBN	216.1 ± 36.8^a	261.7 ± 15.4^a	380.7 ± 25.6^a	6.04 ± 0.75^b,c	0.54 ± 0.1^a	4.52 ± 0.71^b,c	1.17 ± 0.18^a	3.94 ± 0.88^b,c	0.46 ± 0.08^a
HFD + EBNH	45 : 5 : 20 : 10	20% EBN	216.5 ± 35.8^a	257 ± 20.1^a	368.0 ± 29.3^a	4.17 ± 1.06^d	0.44 ± 0.1^a	2.98 ± 0.83^c	1.18 ± 0.29^a	2.63 ± 0.87^c	0.38 ± 0.08^a

EBN: edible bird’s nest. Component ratio: normal pellet% : cholesterol : palm oil : starch. Columns with different letters indicate statistical difference ().