Comparisons on the aspect of lipid metabolism.

Table 4: Comparisons on the aspect of lipid metabolism.

Group	Time	TG (mmol/L)	TC (mmol/L)	HDL (mmol/L)	LDL (mmol/L)	FFA (mmol/L)
	Before	2.46 ± 0.98	5.38 ± 1.08	1.35 ± 0.30	3.22 ± 0.93	0.69 ± 0.14
Control	After	1.91 ± 0.91	5.19 ± 0.86	1.45 ± 0.28	2.85 ± 0.72	0.63 ± 0.16
	^*P	0.012	0.401	0.156	0.059	0.111
	Before	2.52 ± 1.00	5.28 ± 0.97	1.32 ± 0.27	3.30 ± 0.87	0.68 ± 0.16
Treated	After	1.71 ± 0.67	4.86 ± 0.91	1.53 ± 0.33	2.39 ± 0.74	0.48 ± 0.14
	^*P	< 0.001	0.051	0.002	< 0.001	< 0.001
	^#P	0.299	0.11	0.23	0.009	< 0.001

^*P value refers to comparison between before vs. after treatment within each group; ^#P value refers to comparison between treated and control groups after treatment; TG: Triglyceride; TC: Total Cholesterol; HDL: High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; FFA: Free Fatty Acids.