Table 2.

Plasma lipid and electrolyte profiles at the diabetic stage (46 weeks of age, protocol 1)

	LETO (n = 8)	LETO+RDX (n = 8)	OLETF (n = 8)	OLETF+RDX (n = 8)
Triacylglycerol (mmol/l)	0.56 ± 0.03	0.50 ± 0.07	5.71 ± .059†††	3.01 ± 0.56‡‡‡
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	2.71 ± 0.06	1.90 ± 0.07*	5.93 ± 0.18††	4.11 ± 0.37‡‡
NEFA (mmol/l)	0.35 ± 0.03	0.28 ± 0.04	0.84 ± 0.07††	0.47 ± 0.03‡‡
Sodium (mmol/l)	141.0 ± 0.8	139.0 ± 0.7	154.0 ± 2.0†	145.0 ± 1.2
Potassium (mmol/l)	6.5 ± 0.3	6.4 ± 0.1	6.6 ± 0.3	6.0 ± 0.3

Data are means ± SEM

*p < 0.05 LETO vs LETO+RDX; ^† p < 0.05, ^†† p < 0.01, ^††† p < 0.005 LETO vs OLETF; ^‡‡ p < 0.01, ^‡‡‡ p < 0.005 OLETF vs OLETF+RDX