Table 1.

Animal characteristics at the end of the experiment.

	db/m	db/db	db/db + Irb
FBG (mmol/L)	6.15 ± 0.96	28.17 ± 3.70∗	25.51 ± 4.06∗
FINS (ng/mL)	1.53 ± 0.50	5.64 ± 1.12∗	5.14 ± 1.03∗
TC (mmol/L)	1.96 ± 0.27	5.21 ± 0.72∗	3.12 ± 0.93#
TG (mmol/L)	0.54 ± 0.06	2.55 ± 0.60∗	1.08 ± 0.61#
BW (gram)	25.85 ± 1.70	46.61 ± 3.31∗	44.56 ± 3.95∗

Data are the mean ± SD, n = 12 per group. ^∗ P < 0.05 versus db/m. ^# P < 0.05 versus db/db.