Table 1.

Biochemical and physical properties

	Glucose (mg/dL)		Body weight (g)		Kidney/body (mg/g)	Blood pressure (mmHg) systolic/diastolic
	Baseline	Week 20	Baseline	Week 20	Week 20	Week 20
Controls
Standard chow	180 ± 27	167 ± 23	19.3 ± 1.4	29.6 ± 2.6	6.17 ± 0.60	139 ± 27/107 ± 23
High-protein chow	215 ± 19	172 ± 23	19.6 ± 0.7	30.2 ± 1.9	6.26 ± 0.69	123 ± 14/102 ± 14
Diabetic
Standard chow	187 ± 31	435 ± 131*	21.0 ± 1.0	25.6 ± 2.4*	8.43 ± 1.84*	146 ± 16/116 ± 16
High-protein chow	204 ± 31	497 ± 88.0*	20.0 ± 0.9	24.3 ± 1.9*	10.32 ± 1.36*,**	152 ± 18***/123 ± 18***

*P < 0.001 compared with control in each diet group.

**P = 0.021 kidney/body weight compared with diabetic standard chow.

***P = 0.005 blood pressure compared with control on high-protein chow.