Table 1. Effects of diabetes and insulin treatment on physiological and biochemical parameters.

	BW (g)	KW (g)	KW/BW (mg/g)	PG (mg/dL)	TG (mg/dL)	Renal Cortical MDA (nmol/mg protein)
Control	490±4	2.48±0.05	5.21±0.07	111.71±1.88	108.17±8.44	4±0.11
DM	238±13**	2.96±0.10**	12.09±0.52**	435.55±16.56**	294.26±12.51**	15±0.34**
DM-treated	505±9 ##	2.75±0.06##	5.41±0.08 ##	121.52±1.92 ##	91.26±2.30##	6±0.16##

BW: body weight; KW: kidney weight; KW/BW: kidney weight to body weight; PG: plasma glucose; TG: serum triglyceride; MDA: malondialdehyde; DM: diabetic rat; DM-treated: insulin-treated diabetic rat. Values are expressed as means ± SEM of 10 rats/group.

**p<0.01, compared to control; ^## p<0.01, compared to diabetic (DM).