Table 2.

Effects of PQQ on blood glucose concentrations and heart weight in mice with STZ-induced diabetes

Groups	Ctl	DCMc	DCM + PQQLd	DCM + PQQMe	DCM + PQQHf
	n = 10	n = 10	n = 10	n = 10	n = 10
Blood glucose (mmol/L)	6.73 ± 0.55	22.19 ± 4.34***	21.45 ± 4.33	19.66 ± 3.61	17.83 ± 2.28#
BW a(g)	26.88 ± 1.37	23.16 ± 2.39***	22.77 ± 1.38	23.38 ± 2.61	23.81 ± 1.18
HW/BW b(mg/g)	4.06 ± 0.31	4.77 ± 0.54*	4.18 ± 0.61	4.13 ± 0.38	3.70 ± 0.72###

Data are presented as the mean ± SD

*P < 0.05

***P < 0.001 vs. Ctl

^#P < 0.05

^##P < 0.01

^###P < 0.001 vs. DCM

^aBW body weight

^bHW/BW heart weight/body weight ratio

^cDCM diabetic cardiomyopathy group

^dDCM + PQQL diabetic mice treated with 10 mg/kg BW/day PQQ

^eDCM + PQQM diabetic mice treated with 20 mg/kg BW/day PQQ

^fDCM + PQQH diabetic mice treated with 40 mg/kg BW/day PQQ