. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 12.

Published in final edited form as: Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2010 Aug;88(8):788–795. doi: 10.1139/Y10-040

Table 1.

Physiological parameters of control and diabetic animals.

	Wistar 5 wk (n=8)	GK 5 wk (n=8)	Wistar 12 wk (n=3)	GK 12 wk (n=7)
BG (mg/dl)	99 ± 4	155 ± 10^*	106 ± 5	181 ± 15^*
BW (g)	270 ± 5	257 ± 6	410 ± 12^**	391 ± 5^**
Plasma ET-1 (fmol/ml)	0.3 ± 0.01	0.6 ± 0.06^*	0.4 ± 0.02	1.4 ± 0.1^*

p<0.001 vs. Wistar,

^**

p<0.001 vs. 5 wk after diabetes.

BG: blood glucose; BW: body weight.