Table 1.
Metabolic variables of KSOM control mice and MEM mice after 10 weeks of control or barley diet feeding.
| KC | MR | MB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (weeks) | 28 ± 0.0 | 30 ± 0.6* | 30 ± 0.7 |
| Body weight (g) | 70 ± 3.5 | 81 ± 4.2 | 84 ± 3.8 |
| Blood glucose (mg/dL) | 191 ± 7 | 334 ± 73 | 290 ± 71 |
| Blood insulin (mg/dL) | 3.3 ± 1.2 | 2.3 ± 0.6 | 1.1 ± 0.1 |
| Kidney weight/body weight (g/g) | 0.013 ± 0.001 | 0.014 ± 0.002 | 0.013 ± 0.002 |
| Pancreas weight/body weight (g/g) | 0.008 ± 0.000 | 0.009 ± 0.001 | 0.007 ± 0.001# |
| Plasma phosphorus (mg/dL) | 7.19 ± 0.23 | 8.15 ± 0.32* | 7.32 ± 0.24 |
| Renal MDA/protein (μM) | 6.1 ± 0.2 | 6.7 ± 0.7 | 5.4 ± 0.5# |
| Renal 8-OHdG (ng/mL) | 0.87 ± 0.04 | 1.26 ± 0.18 | 1.07 ± 0.04 |
| Urinary 8-OHdG (ng/mL) | 0.03 ± 0.02 | 0.10 ± 0.03 | 0.17 ± 0.10 |
| Food consumption (g/day) | 4.74 ± 0.04 | 7.22 ± 0.46* | 8.56 ± 1.08 |
8-OHdG, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine; MB, minimum essential medium (MEM) mice on a barley diet; MDA, malondialdehyde; MR, MEM mice on a rice diet; KC, potassium simplex optimized medium control mice on a rice diet. Data are expressed as means ± SEM for 8-12 mice. Statistical analyses were performed by Student’s t-test. *P < 0.05 compared with the KC group; #P < 0.05 compared with the MR group.