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. 2011 May 3;8:28. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-8-28

Table 2.

The effect of CrHis supplementation on levels of glucose, insulin and liver Cr in rats fed the high-fat diet (n = 10)

Items	Groups

	Control	CrHis	HFD	HFD+ CrHis
Body mass, g	265 ± 6.5 ^c	262 ± 5.8 ^c	317 ± 5.3 ^a	293 ± 4.2^b
Insulin, pmol/L	33.5 ± 0.3^c	33.9 ± 0.1^c	39.3 ± 0.2^a	40.6 ± 0.2^b
Glucose, mg/dl	125 ± 5.1^c	122 ± 6.9^c	158 ± 4.6^a	143 ± 5.2^b
Liver Cr, μg/g	55.4 ± 3.8^c	82.3 ± 2.2 ^a	44.6 ± 4.6^d	61.3 ± 3.1 ^b

a-c: Means in the same line without a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).

HFD: High fat diet

CrHis: Chromium histidinate