Table 2.

Plasma lipid and electrolyte profiles at the diabetic stage (46 weeks of age, protocol 1)

	LETO (n=8)	LETO+RDX (n=8)	OLETF (n=8)	OLETF+RDX (n=8)
Triacylglycerol (mmol/l)	0.56±0.03	0.50±0.07	5.71±.059†††	3.01±0.56‡‡‡
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	2.71±0.06	1.90±0.07*	5.93±0.18††	4.11±0.37‡‡
NEFA (mmol/l)	0.35±0.03	0.28±0.04	0.84±0.07††	0.47±0.03‡‡
Sodium (mmol/l)	141.0±0.8	139.0±0.7	154.0±2.0†	145.0±1.2
Potassium (mmol/l)	6.5±0.3	6.4±0.1	6.6±0.3	6.0±0.3

Data are means±SEM

^*p<0.05 LETO vs LETO+RDX;

^†p<0.05,

^††p<0.01,

^†††p<0.005 LETO vs OLETF;

^‡‡p<0.01,

^‡‡‡p<0.005 OLETF vs OLETF+RDX