Comparison of mean levels of inflammation-related cytokines in plasma of all mice^a.

Group	db/m	db/m + HED	db/db	db/db + HED
TNF-α (pg ml−1)	19.47 ± 3.31	19.37 ± 2.12	69.42 ± 3.93	57.82 ± 5.85*
IL-6 (pg ml−1)	11.07 ± 1.42	11.14 ± 0.74	41.96 ± 2.64	34.78 ± 2.52*
IL-1β (pg ml−1)	18.92 ± 1.85	19.02 ± 1.46	51.02 ± 2.03	41.75 ± 1.31*

^aValues are presented as mean ± S.D., *P < 0.01 vs. db/db.