Table 3.
End-of-life Pathology in Diabetic db/db Mice
| Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Diet | Rapamycin Diet | Control Diet | Rapamycin Diet | |
| Nonneoplasm | 25 | 35 | 25 | 30 |
| Suppurative inflammation | 22 (61%) | 26 (74%) | 11 (29%) | 18 (51%) |
| Glomerulonephritis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 9 | 13 | 12 |
| Neoplasm | 9 | 0*** | 9 | 4* |
| Neoplasm and nonneoplasm | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 35 | 38 | 35 |
Note: *p < .05, ***p < .001 compared with control diet.