Table 1. Body weight, blood glucose, serum total cholesterol level, and HDL were determined after 3 month of diabetes in the presence or absence of Niaspan treatment in STZ-induced rats.

Group	CON	DR	NA
Body weight	357.10 ± 32.54	259.50 ± 16.64*	321.80 ± 24.98#
Blood glucose	5.73 ± 0.91	29.39 ± 2.85*	28.35 ± 2.79
Total cholesterol	1.56 ± 0.36	2.64 ± 0.35*	1.97 ± 0.40#
HDL	1.15 ± 0.17	0.79 ± 0.15*	1.02 ± 0.23#

All results are expressed as mean ± SD. n = 10/group. *P < 0.05 compared with nondiabetic rats. ^#P < 0.05 compared with diabetic rats.