Table 1.

Food intake, body weight and blood glucose at ad libitum feeding in Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg)- and carboxymethyl cellulose control-treated db/db mice fed ad libitum, at baseline and 1–4 weeks after treatment.

	Group	Pre	1 W	2 W	3 W	4 W
Food intake/cage (g)	Control	205 ± 3	208 ± 11	217 ± 4	220 ± 26	204 ± 9
n = 4	Pg	205 ± 4	211 ± 10	199 ± 38	208 ± 33	202 ± 38
Body weight (g)	Control	35.3 ± 2.8	38.0 ± 2.0	40.3 ± 2.7	42.4 ± 1.6	43.9 ± 1.8
n = 8	Pg	35.0 ± 2.7	37.7 ± 2.5	40.1 ± 2.5	41.5 ± 2.2	43.0 ± 2.7
Blood glucose (mg/dl)	Control	524 ± 56	615 ± 71	626 ± 119	630 ± 44	651 ± 51
n = 8	Pg	538 ± 54	619 ± 95	698 ± 44	706 ± 66*	735 ± 73*

Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of mean.

Blood glucose levels were measured at ad libitum feeding.

*P < 0.05 as compared with that of the control.