Table 1.

Characteristics of the control (db/+) and diabetic (db/db) mice

	db/+ (n = 11)	db/db (n = 9)
Body weight, g	26 ± 0.5	39 ± 1.5*
Heart weight, mg	171 ± 5.5	145 ± 4.5*
Tibia length, mm	21 ± 0.3	20 ± 0.4
Non-fasting blood glucose, mg/dL	190 ± 13	526 ± 26*
Fasting blood glucose, mg/dL	76 ± 98	474 ± 42*

*, P < 0.05, Student’s t-test.