Figure 2.

Serum inflammatory markers. Serum CRPhs (a), IL-1β (b), TNF-α (c) and Adiponectin (d) for the control (+/+) and diabetic (fa/fa) ZDF rats, in the initial and final times (6 weeks of vehicle or 10 mg/kg BW/day sitagliptin treatment). Comparisons between groups (n = 8 each): a - ZDF (fa/fa) versus ZDF (+/+) and b - with sita versus without sita; P < .05, P < .01 and P < .001 for one, two or three letters, respectively. CRPhs, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; IL-1β, interleukin-1beta; TNF-α, Tumor necrosis factor-alpha.