Table 1.

Weight, blood glucose levels, blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) and heart rate of the db/m, the db/db and the db/db treated with ramipril after the follow-up period. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

	db/m	db/db	db/db + Ramipril	ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis test	db/m vs db/db	db/m vs db/db + Ramipril	db/db vs db/db + Ramipril	Statistical Test
Weight (g)	28.46 ± 2.11	41.36 ± 6.03	40.39 ± 4.96	p = 0.0003	p = 0.0009	p = 0.0004	p = 0.75	Welch's t-test
Glycemia (mg/dl)	150 ± 22.54	509.4 ± 92.33	542.6 ± 95.23	p < 0.0001	p = 0.0006	p = 0.0006	p = 0.12	Mann-Whitney test
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)	101 ± 6	94 ± 6	82 ± 7	p < 0.0001	p = 0.03	p = 0.0001	p = 0.004	Welch's t-test
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)	78 ± 5	71 ± 8	64 ± 10	p = 0.013	p = 0.09	p = 0.008	p = 0.15	Welch's t-test
Heart Rate (bpm)	555 ± 59	523 ± 50	551 ± 34	p = 0.43	p = 0.29	p = 0.90	p = 0.24	Welch's t-test