Table 3. Biochemical, hemodynamic and glomerular filtration rate parameters (n=21).

Variables	Groups						Pa
	C		HD+S		HD+S+L
	Mean	s.e.	Mean	s.e.	Mean	s.e.
Total cholesterol (mmol l−1)	0.88	0.08	0.64	0.11	0.86	0.03	0.090
Fasting glucose (mmol l−1)	6.25	0.11	6.92	0.22	6.49	0.22	0.062
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	125.2	4.1	131.5	6.2	127.1	3.2	0.628
Glomerular filtration rate (ml min−1)	1.27	0.24	1.02	0.15	1.28	0.14	0.561

Abbreviations: C, control; HD, animals subjected to diet-induced obesity; HD+L, HD supplemented with lycopene.

^aOne-way analysis of variance.