Table 2.

Body mass and levels of blood glucose of C57BL/6J mice fed a normal diet (ND) and a high-fat diet (HFD).

Group	Body mass (gm)				Blood glucose (mmol/L)
	0 weeks	8 weeks	24 weeks	36 weeks	0 weeks	8 weeks	24 weeks	36 weeks
ND	21.09±1.11	23.25±0.99	24.35±3.37	25.93±3.89	5.75±0.69	7.41±1.24	6.41±1.20	5.19±1.05
HFD	21.70±1.78	28.57±3.72*	48.57±6.39*	56.03±6.22*	6.00±0.68	9.08±0.50*	8.86±0.65*	8.36±0.91*

^*P<0.001 vs. the normal diet (ND) group.