Table 1.

Kidney function and fasting blood glucose levels in the control, STZ and STZ-MLB groups at weeks 4 and 8

Time	Group	24-h urine ALB (μg)	Fasting blood glucose (mM)
4th week	Control	0.22 ± 0.15	7.06 ± 1.63
	STZ	2.83 ± 2.19**	23.48 ± 3.65**
	STZ-MLB	2.76 ± 1.05**	23.4 ± 6.38**
8th week	Control	0.73 ± 0.42	6.19 ± 1.07
	STZ	24.09 ± 16.02***	26.86 ± 2.47**
	STZ-MLB	8.56 ± 3.96***,#	27.01 ± 2.32**

Significant differences were determined by unpaired t-tests corrected by FDR (**FDR < 0.01, ***FDR < 0.001 vs. control, ^#FDR < 0.05 vs. STZ group)

ALB albumin