. 2019 Aug 7;2019:5020465. doi: 10.1155/2019/5020465

Table 2.

Effect of dietary oils on weight gain, serum lipids, and thiobarbituric acid substances and liver steatosis in type 2 diabetic Sprague-Dawley rats: late intervention.

Determination	Control (10)	Diabetic (12)	Diabetic+olive oil (12)	Diabetic+safflower oil (12)	Diabetic+evening primrose oil (12)	Diabetic+flaxseed oil (12)	Diabetic+menhaden oil (12)
Start weight (g)	346 ± 5	358 ± 3	347 ± 6	352 ± 4	349 ± 3	340 ± 6	352 ± 6
End weight (g)	547 ± 21	496 ± 19	506 ± 21	496 ± 15	498 ± 21	514 ± 21	520 ± 20
Blood glucose (mg/dl)	126 ± 4	438 ± 48^a	431 ± 46^a	389 ± 46^a	447 ± 46^a	361 ± 47^a	424 ± 48^a
Serum free fatty acid (mmol/l)	0.13 ± 0.01	0.44 ± 0.08^a	0.52 ± 0.04^a	0.54 ± 0.14^a	0.36 ± 0.08^a	0.41 ± 0.05^a	0.60 ± 0.07^a
Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)	47 ± 12	773 ± 176^a	1248 ± 270^a	613 ± 191^a	394 ± 49^a	536 ± 134^a	829 ± 156^a
Serum cholesterol (mg/ml)	4.7 ± 0.5	9.4 ± 1.3^a	8.9 ± 1.5^a	12.6 ± 1.5^a	7.6 ± 1.0	7.4 ± 0.6	8.6 ± 0.9^a
Serum thiobarbituric acid substances (μg/ml)	0.42 ± 0.04	1.20 ± 0.13^a	1.15 ± 0.09^a	1.13 ± 0.13^a	1.12 ± 0.08^a	1.25 ± 0.13^a	1.25 ± 0.14^a
Liver steatosis (%)	5.8 ± 0.4	44.4 ± 1.2^a	36.2 ± 1.2^a,b	34.1 ± 1.1^a,b	35.4 ± 1.2^a,b	33.5 ± 1.5^a,b	31.8 ± 1.4^a,b

Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. ^a P < 0.05 compared to control rats. ^b P < 0.05 compared to diabetic rats. Parentheses indicate the number of experimental animals.