Table 1 of
Shyong, Mol Vis 2007;
13:133-141.
Table 1. Animal physiological variables
Animals were made diabetic by a single streptozocin (STZ) injection (65 mg/kg) in 1 mmol/l sodium citrate buffer, pH 4.5. All diabetic animals had higher blood glucose levels and reduced body weight gain compared to age matched, non-diabetic control animals.
After streptozotocin induction of diabetes
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Baseline (n=4) 5 Days (n=4) 10 Days (n=4) 15 Days (n=4)
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Increase Increase Increase
Blood in body Blood in body Blood in body Blood
sugar weight sugar weight sugar weight sugar
Sample BW (g) (mg/dl) BW (g) (%) (mg/dl) BW (g) (%) (mg/dl) BW (g) (%) (mg/dl)
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Age-
matched
control
rat 248+14 139+13 260+13 4.8 141+11 294+10 18.5 154+12 312+ 9 25.8 143+11
STZ-
induced
diabetic
rat 251+11 143+ 9 257+10 2.4 352+15 270+14 7.7 377+13 280+11 11.6 396+15
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