Table 3: Mean blood glucose (mmol/l), serum cholesterol (mg/dl), protein (g/dl), urea (mg/dl) and uric acid (mg/dl) concentrations of control and experimental animals.
Parameters | Control (n = 10) | Non-diabetic+Ca (n = 10) | Non-diabetic+Ca+Zn (n = 10) | Diabetic (n = 10) | Diabetic+Ca (n = 10) | Diabetic+Ca+Zn (n = 10) |
Glucose | 6.05 ± 0.15 | 7.05 ± 0.38* | 5.44 ± 0.13*a1 | 11.57 ± 0.16*** | 12.77 ± 0.28***b1 | 9.61 ± 0.12**c1 |
Cholesterol | 158 ± 5.2 | 173.3 ± 3.9* | 167 ± 3.49*a | 171 ± 2.5*** | 179.0 ± 4.0***b1 | 161 ± 2.7c2 |
Protein | 8.45 ± 0.05 | 8.34 ± 0.18 | 8.49 ± 0.25 | 6.95 ± 0.11*** | 7.07 ± 0.16** | 7.85 ± 0.23**c |
Urea | 41.8 ± 1.17 | 50 ± 2.62*** | 32.6 ± 1.42***a2 | 61.1 ± 0.83*** | 65.5 ± 1.53***b1 | 52 ± 2.18***c2 |
Uric acid | 7.19 ± 0.21 | 7.44 ± 0.2* | 7.10 ± 0.35a | 8.99 ± 0.19*** | 9.73 ± 0.22***b1 | 9.15 ± 0.36**c2 |
Values are mean ± SEM, n = number of samples.
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001: all groups versus control group; ap < 0.05; a1p < 0.01; a2p < 0.001: non-diabetic+Ca+Zn versus non-diabetic calcium group; b1p < 0.01: diabetic+Ca versus diabetic group; cp < 0.05; c1p < 0.01; c2p < 0.001: diabetic+Ca+Zn versus diabetic calcium group.