Table 1.

Physiological parameters of wild-type (WT) and diabetic mice (db/db) at 10 and 12 months old. Blood glucose level is much higher in diabetic mice than in WT mice, as expected. Both body weight and kidney/body weight ratio are higher in diabetic mice than in WT mice. Albumin/Creatinine ratio is higher in diabetic mice compared with WT mice. Diabetic mice have more proteinuria compared with WT mice at both 10- and 12-months-old. A significant difference from WT mice is indicated by * p < 0.01.

	WT 10 Months	Dbdb 10 Months	WT 12 Months	Dbdb 12 Months
Body weight (g)	30.64 ± 7.0	36.19 ± 6.5	30.11 ± 2.6	37.03 ± 6.9
Kidney/body weight (g/g)	0.926 ± 0.2	1.0 ± 0.2 *	0.96 ± 0.2	1.12 ± 0.2 *
Glucose levels (mg/dL)	119.4 ± 22.9	379.5 ± 65.5 *	90.8 ± 18.6	391.0 ± 90.9 *
Albumin/Creatinine ratio (μg/mg)	109.8 ± 20.6	530.6 ± 109 *	117.5 ± 19.7	650.4 ± 187 *
Proteinurea (mg/24h)	21.75 ± 8.0	35.44 ± 12.3 *	26.36 ± 6.7	42.58 ± 7.6 *