Table 1.

Serum lipid levels

	CON	DM	DM + 2-AG	P value
HDL-C, mmol/L	1.94 ± 0.42	1.49 ± 0.29*	1.47 ± 0.25*	0.014
LDL-C, mmol/L	0.22 ± 0.02	0.33 ± 0.09*	0.20 ± 0.07##	0.008
TG, mmol/L	0.65 ± 0.14	0.70 ± 0.21	0.69 ± 0.08	0.794
T-CHO, mmol/L	1.68 ± 0.27	1.46 ± 0.27	1.60 ± 0.28	0.294

T-CHO, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein;

LDL-C, low density lipoprotein

*P < 0.05, compared with CON group; ^##P < 0.01, compared with DM group. n = 8