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Table 2.

Effect of HFD alone or combined with berberine on insulin resistance.

Groups	Body weight (gm)	Glucose (mg/dL)	Insulin (µU/mL)	HOMA-IR	HOMA-β
Control	149.16 ± 10.88^a	95.70 ± 9.70^a	11.0 ± 1.43^a	2.209 ± 0.52^a	153 ± 11.6^a
Untreated HFD	178.5 ± 14.33^b	130.45 ± 15.29^b	21.8 ± 2.77^b	6.09 ± 1.33^b	102.86 ± 23.2^b
Treated HFD with BRB	157.66 ± 11.80^a	107.08 ± 3.80^a	11.7 ± 1.16^a	2.73 ± 0.61^a	118 ± 8.6^a
Protected HFD with BRB	173.5 ± 15.87^b	110.95 ± 4.27^a	11.9 ± 1.78^a	2.72 ± 0.91^a	93.4 ± 5.7^a

Mean value in each column having different superscript (a, b) is significant difference at p < 0.05.