Table 1.

Biochemical and physical parameters of diabetic rats after TMZ treatment.

Group	Control	DN	DN + TMZ
N	7	8	7
Body weight (g)	566.57 ± 12.30	296.00 ± 15.69*	296.57 ± 9.42
Plasma glucose (mM)	5.84 ± 0.21	26.50 ± 2.56*	26.04 ± 2.81
Plasma triglyceride (mM)	1.29 ± 0.13	3.70 ± 1.02*	3.21 ± 0.79
Plasma cholesterol (mM)	2.02 ± 0.24	4.18 ± 0.41*	4.40 ± 0.44
SBP (mmHg)	141.29 ± 3.65	144.00 ± 3.28	140.60 ± 6.32
DBP (mmHg)	105.67 ± 2.32	95.96 ± 4.38	99.33 ± 4.98

SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

Values represent mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05 (one-way ANOVA with Newman-Keuls post analysis).