| Groups | 
         Parameters           | 
        Total lipids
             (g/L) | 
        Triglycerides
             (mg/dl)  | 
         Total 
            cholesterol
           (mg/dl)  | 
         LDL-
            cholesterol
           (mg/dl)  | 
         HDL-
            cholesterol
           (mg/dl)  | 
        vLDL-
            cholesterol
           (mg/dl)  | 
        LDL/
            HDL | 
        Total chol./
            HDL | 
        HMGCo-A/ 
            mevalonate | 
       
      
        | Normal | 
        3.46±0.18b | 
        37.48±1.31b | 
        68.61±3.55b | 
        27.84±0.28b | 
        33.27±1.57a | 
        7.49±0.26b | 
        0.88±0.05b | 
        2.07±0.09b | 
        1.36±0.04b |        
      
        | Diabetic control | 
        4.82±0.34a | 
        46.35±2.14a | 
        80.12±1.77a | 
        42.83±1.76a | 
        28.14±1.24a | 
        9.27±0.43a | 
        1.54±0.11a | 
        2.87±0.18a | 
        1.59±0.02a |        
      
        | Diabetic    treated
          with 4b | 
        3.47±0.07b | 
        36.50±081b | 
        76.13±2.47ab | 
        42.62±1.83a | 
        27.67±2.65a | 
        7.30±0.16b | 
        1.58±0.09a | 
        2.85±0.21a | 
        1.60±0.03a |        
      
        | F-probability | 
         P<0.01 | 
         P<0.001 | 
         P<0.05 | 
         P<0.001 | 
         P>0.05 | 
         P<0.001 | 
         P<0.001 | 
         P<0.01 | 
         P<0.001 | 
       
      
        | LSD at 5%    level | 
         0.68 | 
         4.59 | 
         8.13 | 
         4.45 | 
         - | 
         0.92 | 
         0.256 | 
         0.511 | 
         0.103 | 
       
      
        | LSD at 1%    level | 
         0.94 | 
         6.35 | 
         11.24 | 
         6.16 | 
         - | 
         1.27 | 
         0.355 | 
         0.706 | 
         0.144 | 
       
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