Table 1.

Animal characteristics of mice

	Control (n = 8)	Diabetic (n =  8)	P value
Body weight, g	25.16 ± 0.88	16.30 ± 1.16	0.002
Ejection fraction,%	57.65 ± 11.52	42.00 ± 12.27	0.040
Fractional shortening,%	38.30 ± 9.00	27.95 ± 8.28	0.030
In blood
Fasting glucose, mmol/L	5.49 ± 0.46	26.61 ± 1.14	0.002
Total free fatty acid, mmol/L	0.50 ± 0.19	1.32 ± 0.56	0.002
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	2.15 ± 0.40	2.81 ± 0.31	0.030
Total triglyceride, mmol/L	0.75 ± 0.21	1.64 ± 0.55	0.020
Total creatine kinase, KU/L	0.44 ± 0.15	0.83 ± 0.16	0.040
Creatine kinase isoenzyme-MB, KU/L	0.42 ± 0.11	1.04 ± 0.17	0.002
Lactate dehydrogenase, KU/L	0.65 ± 0.28	1.01 ± 0.25	0.040
α-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, KU/L	0.31 ± 0.11	0.55 ± 0.13	0.002
Myoglobin, ng/L	6.86 ± 2.12	23.67 ± 3.44	0.001
High sensitivity C reactive protein, mg/L	0.20 ± 0.06	0.40 ± 0.140	0.010
Homocysteine, mmol/L	10.73 ± 1.77	13.67 ± 2.42	0.040

Data are means ± SD. P vs. Control