Table 1.

Biochemical and physical characteristics of all the study groups

	db/m cont	db/m+cina	db/db cont	db/db+cina
Body wt (g)	31.9 ± 1.7	31.3 ± 2.0	55.7 ± 5.5a	54.5 ± 7.4a
HbA1c (%)	4.5 ± 0.3	4.5 ± 0.4	12.1 ± 1.3a	11.8 ± 1.4a
HbA1c (mmol/mol)	(26 ± 0.8)	(26 ± 0.9)	(109 ± 3.7a)	(105 ± 3.9a)
Glucose (mg/dl)	211 ± 25	202 ± 20	554 ± 39a	544 ± 54a
iCa++ (mmol/l)	1.29 ± 0.03	1.24 ± 0.05	1.33 ± 0.06	1.29 ± 0.07
PO43− (mmol/l)	3.8 ± 0.8	3.9 ± 0.9	4.0 ± 1.0	3.9 ± 0.8

Ca total calcium, Cr creatinine, iCa⁺⁺ serum ionized Ca⁺⁺

^aP < 0.001 compared to the other groups (n = 8 in each experiment)