Table 3.

Plasma lipid and electrolyte profiles at the prediabetic stage (21 weeks of age, protocol 2)

	LETO (n = 8)	LETO+RDX (n = 8)	OLETF (n = 8)	OLETF+RDX (n = 8)
Triacylglycerol (mmol/l)	0.40 ± 0.03	0.32 ± 0.03	1.73 ± 0.13†††	0.89 ± 0.03**
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	2.1 ± 0.02	1.9 ± 0.05	2.7 ± 0.08††	2.1 ± 0.07**
NEFA (mmol/l)	0.43 ± 0.02	0.41 ± 0.01	0.80 ± 0.02†††	0.51 ± 0.01**
Sodium (mmol/l)	133.6 ± 1.9	132.0 ± 2.0	138.5 ± 1.3	134.5 ± 1.0
Potassium (mmol/l)	6.5 ± 0.3	6.0 ± 0.1	6.1 ± 0.2	5.7 ± 0.1

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