Research Article
Hypoglycemic and Hypolipidemic Potential of a High Fiber Diet in Healthy versus Diabetic Rabbits
Table 4
Biochemical parameters obtained on day 28 (mild diabetic rabbits).
| | Mild diabetic rabbits | Standard chow ( ± SE) | Supplemented chow ( ± SE) | Standard/supplemented variation |
| | Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 84.83 ± 18.04 | 70.25 ± 11.84 | ↓ 17.2%1 | | LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 57.70 ± 3.92 | 47.80 ± 2.81 | ↓ 20.6%1 | | HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 22.67 ± 2.93 | 16.0 ± 2.64 | ↓ 20.6%1 | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 289.0 ± 20.45 | 148.25 ± 19.41 | ↓ 48.7%1 | | Atherogenic index | 3.24 ± 0.36 | 3.07 ± 0.62 | ↓ 5.2% | | Uric acid (mg/dL) | 0.16 ± 0.02 | 0.09 ± 0.02 | ↓ 45.9%1 | | Glycosylated hemoglobin (%) | 6.41 ± 0.04 | 4.80 ± 0.02 | ↓ 25.1%1 | | Ca (mg/dL) | 12.54 ± 0.32 | 12.04 ± 0.32 | ↓ 4.0% | | P (mg/dL) | 7.78 ± 0.13 | 6.26 ± 0.11 | ↓ 19.5% | | Mg (mg/dL) | 2.38 ± 0.09 | 2.14 ± 0.12 | ↓ 10.1% | | Cl (mg/dL) | 88.0 ± 6.24 | — | — | | Na (mg/dL) | 136.0 ± 0.85 | 136.20 ± 1.06 | ↑ 0.1% | | K (mg/dL) | 3.86 ± 0.42 | 3.53 ± 0.06 | ↓ 8.6% | | Fe (mg/dL) | 67.0 ± 4.14 | 80.67 ± 7.43 | ↑ 17.0% |
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1Significative differences (-test, P ≤ 0.05).
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