Effects of Pediococcus parvulus 2.6 and its exopolysaccharide on plasma cholesterol levels and inflammatory markers in mice

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Table 5 Concentrations of plasma cholesterol, triglycerides and serum SAA and sVCAM-1

	Plasma cholesterol*			Plasma triglycerides*				SAA*			sVCAM-1
	(mmol/L)			(mmol/L)				(ug/ml)			(ng/ml)
	Median	25-75%	n	Median	25-75%	n	Median	25-75%	n	Mean	SEM	n
Control	23.9	20-25	10	4.6	4.4-5.8	10	25.8	22.2-27.6	9	610^ab	12	10
Pd 2.6 EPS	24.8	22-26	10	5.5	4.6-6.7	10	24.9	24.0-31.1	10	646^a	13	10
Pd 2.6 R	22.0	21-24	10	4.3	3.5-5.8	10	24.7	20.0-29.5	9	591^b	14	10
Pd 2.6 NR	20.2	16-25	10	4.3	3.4-5.3	10	21.5	20.2-26.3	10	629^ab	10	10

SAA, serum amyloid A; sVCAM-1, soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1.
Statistics were calculated using one-way ANOVA for multiple comparisons. Tukey’s test was used for pairwise comparisons of means.
* These data failed the normality test so a Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance on the ranks was run followed by Dunn’s method for pairwise multiple comparisons. Groups with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).