Table 1: Signalment of dogs on supplement and placebo arms of study

case	Supplement/ placebo	breed	gender	Age (years)	Fructosamine (µmol/L)	Duration of diabetes (months)
1	supplement	dachshund	fn	11	385	18
2	supplement	dachshund	fn	11	405	18
3	supplement	rough collie	fn	9	423	4
4	supplement	border collie	fn	11	546	8
6	supplement	cross-bred	me	9.6	453	2
7	supplement	golden retriever	me	8.7	546	8
8	supplement	labrador retriever	mn	9	778	13
9	supplement	labrador cross	mn	11	457	7
14	supplement	beagle	mn	7.8	513	12
16	supplement	cross-bred	mn	12.8	657	5
17	supplement	lowchen	mn	15.2	544	6
18	supplement	minature poodle	fn	13	354	3
21	supplement	cross-bred	mn	3	555	3
22	supplement	siberian husky	fn	12	533	3
13	supplement	dobermann	fn	9	367	9
2	placebo	dachshund	fn	11	405	18
5	placebo	labrador cross	mn	9	778	13
7	placebo	golden retriever	me	8.7	546	8
9	placebo	labrador cross	mn	11	457	7
10	placebo	cross-bred	me	12	342	4
11	placebo	cross-bred	fn	9.9	602	5
12	placebo	minature poodle	fn	13	354	3
13	placebo	dobermann	fn	9	367	9
15	placebo	west highland white terrier	mn	8	546	4
19	placebo	collie cross	fn	9	435	3
20	placebo	west highland white terrier	fn	10.3	422	8
14	placebo	beagle	me	12	546	2
23	placebo	jack russell terrier	me	10.9	523	4
24	placebo	border collie	mn	9	342	3
25	placebo	cross-bred	fn	10.9	401	3

mn: male neutered, me: male entire, fn: female neutered, fe: female entire