Table 1.
Postprandial insulinemia in hyperglycemic rats and fasting glycemia in all rats within studied groups.
| Goto-Kakizaki rats | Wistar rats | |||||
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| 20 weeks | 25 weeks | 42 weeks | 20 weeks | 25 weeks | 42 weeks | |
| Insulinemia (pmol·L−1) Average ± SD (median) |
442 ± 99 (453) |
134 ± 71 (112) p < 0.05 |
340 ± 92 (355) | 386 ± 153 (337) | 404 ± 266 (343) | 401 ± 171 (424) |
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| 6 weeks | 15 weeks | 37 weeks | 6 weeks | 15 weeks | 37 weeks | |
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| Glycemia (mmol·L−1) Average ± SD (median) [n] |
8.7 ± 0.7 (8.6) [n = 6] |
16.2 ± 4.6 (17.2) [n = 90] p < 0.001 |
15.9 ± 3.4 (17.1) [n = 23] p < 0.001 |
7.5 ± 0.6 (7.6) [n = 6] |
6.3 ± 0.4 (6.3) [n = 10] |
6.3 ± 0.3 (6.3) [n = 30] |
Statistical significance between age-matched groups of Goto-Kakizaki versus Wistar rats is noted. For insulinemia estimations n = 6.