Table 1. Physiological and biochemical data for the experimental groups (mean ± SD).

	Control	Diabetes
Number of cases	10	5
Body weight (g)	433.2 ± 29	393.3 ± 31*
Kidney weight (g)	3.16 ± 0.24	4.95 ± 0.63***
Kidney weight/Body weight (g/kg)	3.76 ± 0.12	6.29 ± 0.21***
Blood glucose (mmol/L)	6.8 ± 0.43	22.3 ± 0.95***
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.27 ± 0.17	3.88 ± 1.16***
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.52 ± 0.19	0.94 ± 0.44*
Plasma creatinine (μmol/L)	18.7 ± 2.9	17.0 ± 1.0
24-h MA (mg)	0.07 ± 0.015	0.39 ± 0.16***

Data represent mean ± SD, MA: microalbuminuria;

*P < 0.05,

**P < 0.01,

***P < 0.001 vs. the control group.