Table 1.

Basic information of rats

	Control	DM	DM + N7.5	DM + N15
FBG (mmol/L)	5.06 ± 0.45	21.10 ± 0.81*	20.20 ± 0.38*	22.13 ± 0.62*
TC (mmol/L)	1.63 ± 0.08	2.89 ± 0.05*	2.81 ± 0.09*	2.92 ± 0.04*
TG (mmol/L)	0.58 ± 0.03	2.73 ± 0.06*	2.76 ± 0.08*	2.71 ± 0.04*
INS (mmol/L)	14.05 ± 0.32	16.17 ± 0.43*	16.34 ± 0.38*	16.09 ± 0.29*
ISI (mmol/L)	−3.88 ± 0.04	−5.21 ± 0.05*	−5.27 ± 0.02*	−5.36 ± 0.08*
SBP (mm Hg)	117.6 ± 4.4	121.9 ± 3.8	119.3 ± 4.5	119.6 ± 5.3
DBP (mm Hg)	91.5 ± 4.3	92.4 ± 2.8	93.4 ± 5.9	91.6 ± 3.5
MBP (mm Hg)	99.4 ± 2.5	102.9 ± 4.8	101.7 ± 3.4	103.8 ± 2.4

Abbreviations: DBP, dialated blood pressure; FBG, Fasting blood glucose; INS, insulin; ISI, insulin sensitive index; MBP, median blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, total triglyceride.

^* P < 0.05 compared with the control group.