Table 3.

Plasma lipid and electrolyte profiles at the prediabetic stage (21 weeks of age, protocol 2)

	LETO (n=8)	LETO+RDX (n=8)	OLETF (n=8)	OLETF+RDX (n=8)
Triacylglycerol (mmol/l)	0.40±0.03	0.32±0.03	1.73±0.13†††	0.89±0.03**
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	2.1±0.02	1.9±0.05	2.7±0.08††	2.1±0.07**
NEFA (mmol/l)	0.43±0.02	0.41±0.01	0.80±0.02†††	0.51±0.01**
Sodium (mmol/l)	133.6±1.9	132.0±2.0	138.5±1.3	134.5±1.0
Potassium (mmol/l)	6.5±0.3	6.0±0.1	6.1±0.2	5.7±0.1

^**p<0.01 OLETF vs OLETF+RDX;

^††p<0.01,

^†††p<0.005 LETO vs OLETF