Table 1.

Effect of sitagliptin on BW, HW, and blood glucose in control and diabetic rats

	BW (g)		HW/BW ratio	Blood glucose (mg/dL)
	Baseline	90 days		Baseline	90 days
Control	166.92±4.49	269.60±6.58	0.39±0.02	95.40±4.85	93.66±4.47
Sitagliptin	150.33±5.89	296.51±9.71	0.40±0.16	99.74±3.71	93.49±4.75
Diabetic	161.20±3.77	142.10±6.62***	1.01±0.22**	307.00±11.45***	444.12±14.35***
Diabetic + sitagliptin	170.83±3.91	214.67±8.61#	0.48±0.06##	322.50±16.71	177.83±10.55###
F probability	>0.05	<0.001	<0.05	<0.001	<0.001

Notes: Data are mean ± SEM (N=8).

^**P<0.01 and

^***P<0.001 for control and

^#P<0.05,

^##P<0.01, and

^###P<0.001 for diabetic.

Abbreviations: BW, body weight; HW, heart weight; SEM, standard error of the mean.