Morphological Changes of Parotid Gland in Experimental Hyperlipidemia

Table 1

Mean and standard deviation of mean of total cholosterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high density lipoproteins (HDL), low -density lipoproteins (LDL), parotid gland-liver-thymos-spleen-adrenal weight, and atheromatic index in the four groups (A1, A2, B1, B2).

Groups	A1	A2	B1	B2
TC mg/dL	54.71±0.000^∗	65.25±0.000^∗	391.14±0.000^∗	346.25±0.000^∗
HDL mg/dL	17.09±0.000^∗	20.12±0.000^∗	40.86±0.000^∗	36.37±0.000^∗
LDL mg/dL	25.29±0.000^∗	27.25±0.000^∗	324.86±0.000^∗	285.25±0.000^∗
TG mg/dL	62.29±0.000^∗	89.12±0.000^∗	128.00±0.000^∗	123.00±0.000^∗
Parotid weight mg	37.80±2.208^∗∗∗	39.57±6.607^∗∗∗	43.71±2.556^∗∗∗	35.84±3.568^∗∗∗
Atheromatic index	3.20±0.98^∗∗∗	3.24±1.01^∗∗∗	9.57±0.34^∗∗∗	9.52±0.33^∗∗∗

* 𝑃<.001, **𝑃<.01, ***𝑃>.01.
TC: A1/A2***, A1/B1*, A2/ B1*, A2/B2*, B1/B2*, A1/B2*.
HDL: A1/A2***, A1/B1*, A2/ B1*, A2/B2*, B1/B2*, A1/B2*.
LDL: A1/A2***, A1/B1*, A2/ B1*, A2/B2*, B1/B2*, A1/B2*.
TG: A1/A2***, A1/B1*, A2/ B1*, A2/B2*, B1/B2*, A1/B2*.
Parotid weight: A1/A2***, A1/B1***, A2/ B1***, A2/B2***, B1/B2***, A1/B2***.
Atheromatic index: A1/A2***, A1/B1***, A2/ B1***, A2/B2^{** *}, B1/B2***, A1/B2***.