Table 1.

Body weight, glycemia, insulin, and insulin resistance expressed as HOMA-IR assessed after 12 weeks of study.

Groups	Body Weight (g)	Glycemia (mg/dL)	Insulin (µU/mL)	HOMA-IR
C (n = 11)	510.57 ± 10.50	100.82 ± 1.30	50.95 ± 6.24	12.74 ± 1.57
AL (n = 10)	480.08 ± 9.55 †	97.20 ± 3.49	54.15 ± 5.66	12.84 ± 1.23
F (n = 12)	515.80 ± 15.95	133.23 ± 2.5 ***	75.71 ± 3.74 ***	25.00 ± 1.47 ***
F + AL (n = 10)	465.54 ± 18.35 £	122.78 ± 1.97 ***££	62.73 ± 3.27 £	19.11 ± 1.26 ** £

C: Control group, AL: alpha-lipoic acid-treated group, F: fructose-fed group, F + AL: fructose-fed group treated with alpha-lipoic acid. ^† p < 0.05: AL vs. C; ^** p < 0.01, ^*** p < 0.001: F and F + AL vs. C and AL; ^£ p < 0.05, ^££ p < 0.01: F + AL vs. F.