Table 2. Lipid metabolism-related proteins after 4 weeks of treatment in each group.

Group	n	Time points	ApoA1 (g/l)	ApoB (g/l)	CETP (µg/l)	RBP4 (µg/l)
Diabetes	30	0 W	0.75 ± 0.08	6.52 ± 0.58	4.13 ± 0.38	4.21 ± 0.43
		4 W	0.70 ± 0.08	6.73 ± 0.72	4.22 ± 0.38	4.31 ± 0.41
10 mg/(kg·day)	20	0 W	0.73 ± 0.11	6.50 ± 0.61	4.18 ± 0. 42	4.18 ± 0.42
		4 W	0.86 ± 0.10†	5.74 ± 0.53†	3.82 ± 0.39†	3.86 ± 0.34†
20 mg/(kg·day)	20	0 W	0.76 ± 0.07	6.46 ± 0.63	4.11 ± 0.39	4.15 ± 0.40
		4 W	0.89 ± 0.09†	5.58 ± 0.52†	3.74 ± 0.29†	3.75 ± 0.39†
40 mg/(kg·day)	20	0 W	0.74 ± 0.07	6.49 ± 0.59	4.15 ± 0.4	4.14 ± 0.39
		4 W	0.96 ± 0.12*	4.52 ± 0.45*	1.97 ± 0.18*	2.27 ± 0.19*
80 mg/(kg·day)	20	0 W	0.78 ± 0.08	6.43 ± 0.57	4.16 ± 0.42	4.19 ± 0.42
		4 W	1.08 ± 0.12*	3.37 ± 0.36*	1.48 ± 0.15*	1.78 ± 0.16*

Comparison at 0 and 4 W within one group was analyzed by paired t test. Comparison of indicators at different time points was analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance, followed by Tukey’s post hoc test.

Abbreviations: N, number; W, week.

*P<0.05 versus the diabetes group.

†P<0.05 versus the 0 W.