Table 2.

Mean fasting blood glucose values in sedated chimpanzees at various facilities

	Age of animals (y)	No. of animals sampled	Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)	Sex-associated difference?
Facility 1	>8	550	99	Not reported
Facility 2	6–10	49	88	Not reported
	>10	76	85	Not reported
Facility 3	4–6.9	29	88	None
	7–9.9	27	87	None
	>10	37	84	None
Facility 4	4–26	25	82	None
Facility 5	0–50	252	93.6	Yes
Our facility	6–52	81	88	None

Data for facility 1 obtained from reference 53; facility 2, reference 30; facility 3, reference 28; facility 4, reference 17; and facility 5, reference 26.