Table 5.

Effect of cocoa treatment on glycemic markers in high fat-fed obese mice

	LF	HF	HF-HFC
Final fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)	7.29 ± 0.18*	9.96 ± 0.17	9.53 ± 0.25
Fasting plasma insulin (pmol/L)	165.47 ± 15.49*	1176.40 ± 64.11	862.58 ± 61.42*
HOMA-IR	7.74 ± 0.83*	73.76 ± 4.32	50.32 ± 4.17*

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Data on fasting blood glucose were pooled from both Experiment 1 and Experiment 2. Plasma insulin was from Experiment 2 and HOMA-IR was calculated from Experiment 2. Statistical significance was determined using the one-way ANOVA with Dunnet’s posttest

^*P < 0.05 compared to HF