Table 1.

Metabolic characteristics of mice.

Group	n	Age (weeks)	Body weight (g)	Blood glucose (mg/dL)	HbA1c (%)	Kidney weight/body weight (mg/gBW)
Wild type	11	23	29.6 ± 0.50	129 ± 7.9	4.2 ± 0.10	11.7 ± 0.43
Akita	6	23	23.7 ± 0.31⁎⁎⁎	558 ± 19.9⁎⁎⁎	12.2 ± 0.48⁎⁎⁎	19.4 ± 0.57⁎⁎⁎
Group	n	Age (weeks)	Body weight (g)	Blood glucose (mg/dL)	HbA1c (%)	Kidney weight/tibia (mg/mm)
STD	9	8	23.6 ± 0.63	154 ± 7.3	4.2 ± 0.10	13.9 ± 0.31
HFD	11	8	26.5 ± 0.48⁎⁎	181 ± 12.3	4.4 ± 0.02	14.8 ± 0.59

Data are means ± SE.

^⁎⁎P < 0.01 vs. STD.

^⁎⁎⁎P < 0.001 vs. wild type.