. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 15.

Published in final edited form as: Horm Metab Res. 2013 Jan 15;45(5):338–343. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1331256

Table 1.

Characteristics of OLETF and LETO rats at 2–30 weeks of age.

Age (weeks)		2	4	7	11	18	30
Number	OLETF	22	10	10	10	8	6
	LETO	10	10	10	9	10	12
BW (g)	OLETF	32 ± 1 ^*	95 ± 2 ^*	240 ± 4 ^*	352 ± 5 ^*	533 ± 11 ^*	573 ± 8 ^*
	LETO	26 ± 1	89 ± 2	189 ± 5	305 ± 4	441 ± 12	473 ± 10
LKW (g)	OLETF	0.19 ± 0.01 ^*	0.54 ± 0.02 ^*	1.11 ± 0.03 ^*	1.13 ± 0.05	1.62 ± 0.04 ^*	1.54 ± 0.05 ^*
	LETO	0.15 ± 0.01	0.42 ± 0.01	0.79 ± 0.02	0.92 ± 0.03	1.13 ± 0.03	1.25 ± 0.01
LKW/BW (^* 1000)	OLETF	5.8 ± 0.1	5.8 ± 0.2 ^*	4.7 ± 0.2 ^*	3.2 ± 0.2	3.0 ± 0.1 ^*	2.7 ± 0.1 ^*
	LETO	6.0 ± 0.1	4.6 ± 0.1	4.2 ± 0.2	3.0 ± 0.1	2.6 ± 0.1	2.3 ± 0.1
PPBG (mmol/l)	OLETF		8.1 ± 0.3	8.1 ± 0.3	8.0 ± 0.1	10.7 ± 0.7^*	10.7 ± 0.9^*
	LETO		7.2 ± 0.2	7.6 ± 0.2	7.9 ± 0.3	8.4 ± 0.4	8.4 ± 0.2

Values are means ± standard error

p < 0.05 vs. LETO rats at the same age. BW: body weight; LKW: left kidney weight; PPBG: postprandial blood glucose