Table 1. General characteristics of the three groups.

General characteristics	Control	DM	DM+GSPE
Body weight at 0 weeks (g)	242.42±1.40	242.61±1.36	242.84±1.54
Body weight at 8 weeks (g)	311.92±4.69	241.41±7.38 a	272.86±6.89 b
Blood glucose at 8 weeks (mg/dl)	95.17±3.31	455.39±8.30 c	444.27±8.19
Urine volume per day (ml)	16.95±0.89	65.32±1.74 d	60.53±2.92

The values represent the mean ± SEM of 10 animals per group;

^a, n = 10, P = 0.000 vs. Control

^b, n = 10, P = 0.038 vs. DM

^c, n = 10, P = 0.000 vs. Control

^d, n = 10, P = 0.000 vs. Control