Table 3.

Parameters of glucose homeostasis of different studied groups at the end of the study

	Sham	OVX	OVX.D
Fasting blood glucose(mg/dl)	98.20±2.13	109.00±1.87	269.00±13.26a
Serum insulin(µIU/ml)	4.3±1.8	13.2± 1.1b	28.9±1.5a
Plasma glycosylated hemoglobin (%)	4.380±0.57	4.920±0.63	5.960± 0.60

OVX: ovariectomized group, OVX.D: ovariectomized with 8-week diabetes group. Data are expressed as mean±SEM

^aP<0.05 vs sham & OVX;

^bP<0.05 vs sham & OVX.D