. 2019 Sep 25;41(1):899–906. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2019.1665547

Table 1.

Change of body weight for different groups of rats (g).

Group	0 week	4 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks
Control	212.8 ± 10.5	332.7 ± 12.7	438.0 ± 8.4	514.7 ± 7.2
DN	212.0 ± 7.1	224.3 ± 11.4^a	242.2 ± 9.0^a	261.5 ± 3.8^a
DN + leflunomide	215.3 ± 9.7	256.0 ± 7.2^a^,^b	271.5 ± 5.4^a^,^b	297.3 ± 13.1^a^,^b
DN + benazepril	222.7 ± 6.2	255.2 ± 14.0^a^,^b	275.3 ± 10.3^a^,^b	300.2 ± 15.1^a^,^b
DN + leflunomide and benazepril	217.3 ± 6.3	272.0 ± 9.0^a^,^b^,^c^,^d	304.2 ± 5.6^a^,^b^,^c^,^d	334.3 ± 13.0^a^,^b^,^c^,^d

p < .05, compared with the control group.

P < .05, compared with the DN group.

p < .05, compared with the DN + leflunomide group.

p < .05, compared with the DN + benazepril group. 0 week means the time for successful establishment of the DN model.