Effects of atherogenic diets on plasma lipids.

aMice were housed in groups with mixed genotypes. HypoE mice were fed either a Western diet (n = 13), Paigen diet without cholate (Paigen NC) (n = 18), or Paigen diet (n = 6) for one month beginning at two months of age. Data represent mean ± SD. Statistically significant differences among normal chow and the three atherogenic diets were determined by Kruskal-Wallis tests followed by the Dunn’s multiple comparison post-test. *p<0.05 vs Paigen NC and Paigen, **p<0.05 vs Paigen. WT; wild type, TC; total cholesterol, UC; unesterified cholesterol. bThe data for group-housed, wild-type and HypoE mice fed a normal chow diet are from Zhang S, et al (2)-.