Table 2.

Changes in body weight and glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides plasma levels.

	N	Weight (g)	Glucose (mg/dL)	Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)	Triglycerides (mg/dL)
CO	5	442.00 ± 10.95	244.17 ± 68.01	28.35 ± 4.62	61.33 ± 33.43
DM	8	306.22 ± 32.11†	482.37 ± 36.81*	42.88 ± 6.44*	161.00 ± 76.80##
DM + A. Blazei	12	282.00 ± 44.11#	468.19 ± 62.46#	33.99 ± 5.23**	45.87 ± 10.61**

Data appear as mean ± SD. CO: Control, DM: Diabetes Mellitus and DM + A. Blazei: Diabetes Mellitus+ Agaricus blazei.

^† P < .001 CO versus DM.

^# P < .05 DM versus DM + A. Blazei.

*P < .01 CO versus DM.

**P < .01, DM versus DM + A. Blazei.

^## P < .05 CO versus DM.