Table 1.

Body weight, blood glucose, kidney weight, plasma creatinine, and albuminuria of db/db and db/m mice.

Variable	16W		24W
	db/m	db/db	db/m	db/db
	(n=6)	(n=6)	(n=4)	(n=4)
Body weight (g)	29.2 ± 1.3	48.2 ± 0.7∗∗	37.0 ± 0.5	52.2 ± 4.8∗
Blood glucose (mg/dl)	134.8 ± 5.8	>600∗∗	130 ± 6.7	574 ± 26∗∗
Kidney weight (mg)	182.3 ± 6.7	217.3 ± 8.5∗∗	225.0 ± 6.7	263.3 ± 5.8∗∗
Plasma creatinine (mg/dl)	0.12 ± 0.22	0.11 ± 0.1	0.08 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.02
Albuminuria (mg/mg·Cr)	0.25 ± 0.02	0.67 ± 0.16∗∗	0.04 ± 0.01	1.05 ± 0.53∗

All values are means ± SEM.

∗ P < 0.05, ∗∗P <0.01, vs db/m mice at the same age, unpaired t-test.