Table 2.

Effects of OFS, MET, and OFS+MET on fasting blood glucose, insulin levels and HOMA-IR values.

Group	Blood glucose (mM)		Insulin level (μU/ml)		HOMA-IR
	0 weeks	8 weeks	0 weeks	8 weeks	0 weeks	8 weeks
Saline	4.6 ± 0.1	10.6 ± 0.7	62.8 ± 6.2	391.8 ± 33.1	25.2 ± 1.1	169.2 ± 17.1
Normal	3.2 ± 0.2	3.7 ± 0.2	47.4 ± 3.8	79.2 ± 5.2	10.2 ± 1.2	17.2 ± 2.1
OFS	4.4 ± 0.3	7.4 ± 1.2***	72.2 ± 13.2	227.9 ± 39.3***	26.7 ± 2.4	111.3 ± 19.4**
MET	5.1 ± 0.3	6.9 ± 1.1***	66.2 ± 7.3	190.9 ± 17.3***	28.1 ± 1.4	65.6 ± 2.9***
OFS+MET	4.8 ± 0.4	6.6 ± 0.8***	76.4 ± 6.4	159.4 ± 21.9***	20.1 ± 3.0	25.1 ± 2.0***

P < 0.05, 0.01, 0.001 using one-way ANOVA vs. saline control group (*, **, ***). All data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. (n = 8).