Edible Bird’s Nest Prevents High Fat Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance in Rats

Table 4

Food intake and biochemical parameters.

Rat groups	Food intake		Chol. (mmol/L)	Trig. (mmol/L)	LDL (mmol/L)	HDL (mmol/L)	LDL/HDL	TG/HDL	Insulin (pg/mL)	HOMA-IR
	g/kg/day	Kcal/kg/day
Normal	64.34 ± 10.96	215.54 ± 33.5^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	495 ± 51.3^a	1.91 ± 0.23^a,c,d
Untreated control	48 ± 8.36	215.04 ± 37.45^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	513.3 ± 38.8^a	2.46 ± 0.22^b
SIM	48.14 ± 8.17	215.67 ± 36.60^a	4.99 ± 1.11^c,d	0.63 ± 0.18^a	3.6 ± 1.1^b,c	1.04 ± 0.17^a	3.46 ± 0.94^b,c	0.62 ± 0.22^a,b	602.1 ± 145.7^a	2.83 ± 0.79^b,c
2.5% EBN	48.23 ± 8.21	216.07 ± 36.78^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	414.5 ± 18.8^b,c	1.74 ± 0.09^c,d
20% EBN	48.33 ± 8.00	216.52 ± 35.84^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	426.7 ± 160.7^a.c	1.63 ± 0.71^a,b,c

Data represent mean ± SD (). Different alphabet in each column denotes significant difference () in Tukey’s multiple comparison test. Groupings are the same as Figure 2. HDL: high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; Chol.: cholesterol; SIM: Simvastatin; Trig.: triacylglyceride.