Table 3.

Serum levels of insulin and adiponectin hormones in the diet-induced obese rats

Parameters experimental groups†	Adiponectin (mg/L)	Insulin (ng/mL)	HOMA-IRa
Group A	5.65±0.21‡*	4.02±0.05*	0.7±0.21*
Group B	2.1±0.2	6.32±0.11	2.4±0.3
Group C	3.4±0.12	5.71±0.09	1.4±0.17*
Group D	3.8±0.13	5.5±0.17	1.1±0.2*
Group E1	4.2±0.12*	5.12±0.13*	1.1±0.18*
Group E2	4.9±0.32*	4.5±0.23*	0.9±0.13*
Group F1	4.1±0.23*	5.6±0.45	1.3±0.19*
Group F2	4.5±0.42*	5.2±0.36*	1.1±0.11*

^†For details of experimental conditions see the text. ^‡Data are expressed as mean±SD of 5 rats in each group. In each column, *was considered significant at P<0.05 when compared with the obese control group. ^aRefrence Range: <1.0 indicates insulin-sensitive which is optimal. Above 1.9 indicates early insulin resistance. Above 2.9 indicates significant insulin resistance