Table 1.

Comparison of serum biochemistry analysis among groups^{a, b}.

	Control group	Disease model group	DS model group
No. of subjects	10	10	12
Cholesterol, mmol/L	1.18 ± 0.20	2.56 ± 0.30**	2.66 ± 0.29**
Triglyceride, mmol/L	0.37 ± 0.10	0.57 ± 0.08**	0.37 ± 0.12ΔΔ
Lactate dehydrogenase, U/L	429.20 ± 89.17	1131.11 ± 122.93**	1111.86 ± 91.61**
Creatine kinase, U/L	225.80 ± 38.88	416.92 ± 95.67**	443.38 ± 80.69**
Blood urea nitrogen, mmol/L	7.40 ± 1.55	9.90 ± 1.06**	9.32 ± 1.13*
Creatinine, μmol/L	14.75 ± 2.75	54.60 ± 8.40**	55.29 ± 13.46**

^aThe serum levels of biochemical indices of rats are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. ^bThe serum concentrations of biochemical indices were statistically tested by Dunnett’s t-test when the variance in different groups was homogeneous and by the Games-Howell test when the variance was non-homogeneous. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared with the control group; ^Δ P < 0.05, ^ΔΔ P < 0.01 compared with the disease model group.