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Research Article

Consumption of Chinese Tea-Flavor Liquor Improves Circulating Insulin Levels without Affecting Hepatic Lipid Metabolism-Related Gene Expression in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Table 3

Plasma lipids and other parameters after consumption of TFL and TCL.


	TFL ( = 9)	TCL ( = 8)	EC ( = 8)	WC ( = 8)

HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.14 ± 0.18	1.08 ± 0.18	1.12 ± 0.18	1.01 ± 0.13
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.26 ± 0.07^a	0.18 ± 0.04^b	0.19 ± 0.04^ab	0.19 ± 0.09^ab
TC (mmol/L)	2.07 ± 0.26	1.99 ± 0.30	2.04 ± 0.27	1.89 ± 0.20
LDL/HDL	0.23 ± 0.07	0.17 ± 0.04	0.17 ± 0.03	0.18 ± 0.07
TC/HDL	1.83 ± 0.12	1.85 ± 0.05	1.82 ± 0.07	1.86 ± 0.08
TG (mmol/L)	0.70 ± 0.17	0.74 ± 0.29	0.78 ± 0.18	0.79 ± 0.17
Glucose (mmol/L)	5.40 ± 0.49	5.20 ± 0.62	5.17 ± 0.66	5.26 ± 0.58
ApoA1 (mg/L)	4.48 ± 0.52	4.36 ± 0.61	4.30 ± 0.49	4.52 ± 0.55
ApoB (μg/L)	79.02 ± 5.83^a	74.67 ± 6.16^ab	67.69 ± 5.89^b	73.07 ± 6.80^ab
Adiponectin (μg/L)	17.51 ± 1.43	16.82 ± 1.37	16.12 ± 1.41	16.87 ± 1.09
IL-6 (ng/L)	21.72 ± 2.25	20.06 ± 1.20	19.94 ± 1.48	20.23 ± 1.98
TNF-α (ng/L)	45.60 ± 6.82	44.49 ± 3.99	46.67 ± 4.43	43.49 ± 5.29
Uric acid (μmol/L)	21.36 ± 4.55	21.48 ± 3.19	19.66 ± 3.61	21.34 ± 3.93
Urea nitrogen (mmol/L)	4.18 ± 0.45	4.29 ± 0.88	3.97 ± 0.61	4.43 ± 0.60
Creatinine (μmol/L)	56.66 ± 2.84^a	56.21 ± 4.23^a	52.98 ± 2.99^ab	51.74 ± 2.90^b
ALT (U/L)	50.22 ± 8.15	53.00 ± 11.65	48.25 ± 7.48	57.12 ± 5.44
AST (U/L)	157.0 ± 31.28	178.75 ± 60.34	169.88 ± 46.53	199.12 ± 70.07
ALP (U/L)	7.33 ± 4.21^ab	6.88 ± 2.42^ab	5.25 ± 1.17^a	9.38 ± 3.16^b

TFL: tea-flavor liquor; TCL: traditional Chinese liquor; EC: ethanol control; WC: water control; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triacylglycerol; ApoA1: apolipoprotein A1; ApoB: apolipoprotein B; IL-6: interleukin-6; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; Different letters represent statistically significant difference () between the two groups (e.g., a versus b, b versus c). No significant difference was observed if two groups contain the same letters (e.g., ab versus b, a versus ab).