Table 1. Effects of chronic running exercise on plasma parameters, urine volume, urine parameters, and systolic blood pressure in Zucker diabetic fatty rats.

	Sed-ZL	Sed-ZDF	Ex-ZDF
Plasma
Glucose (mg/dL)	168 ± 18	458 ± 12**	140 ± 7 ††
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	76 ± 3	157 ± 6**	123 ± 6** ††
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	47 ± 6	190 ± 16**	165 ± 24**
Free fatty acids (mEq/L)	0.15 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.03**	0.24 ± 0.01*
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	18.8 ± 1.0	26.3 ± 1.6**	23.9 ± 1.0*
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.29 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.01**	0.20 ± 0.01**
Urine
Volume (mL/day)	7.3 ± 1.3	37.1 ± 7.4*	5.5 ± 0.7 †
Uric acid (mg/day)	1.5 ± 0.2	1.7 ± 0.7	0.9 ± 0.1
Albumin:creatinine ratio (mg/g Creatinine)	50.4 ± 6.7	492.1 ± 69.9**	176.4 ± 10.5 ††
Creatinine clearance/body weight (mL/min per 100 g)	5.5 ± 0.7	9.7 ± 1.4*	4.5 ± 0.8 ††
Hemodynamic data
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	148 ± 6	111 ± 3**	112 ± 3**

Sed-ZL, sedentary Zucker lean rats; Sed-ZDF, sedentary Zucker diabetic fatty rats; Ex-ZDF, treadmill exercised Zucker diabetic fatty rats.

* p < 0.05,

** p < 0.01 compared with Sed-ZL group.

^† p < 0.05,

^†† p < 0.01 compared with Sed-ZDF group.

Values are mean ± SEM (n = 5/group).