Research Article

Hypoglycemic and Hypolipidemic Potential of a High Fiber Diet in Healthy versus Diabetic Rabbits

Table 5

Biochemical parameters obtained on day 28 (severe diabetic rabbits).

Severe diabetic rabbitsStandard chow (   ± SE)Supplemented chow (   ± SE)Standard/supplemented variation

Cholesterol (mg/dL)317.18 ± 32.97182.09 ± 15.60 42.6%1
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)215.70 ± 17.23123.80 ± 9.70 31.6%1
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)29.79 ± 3.4620.38 ± 3.09 31.6%1
Triglycerides (mg/dL)715.97 ± 128.56527.43 ± 89.87 26.3%1
Atherogenic index8.71 ± 1.676.90 ± 0.45 20.8%1
Uric acid (mg/dL)0.23 ± 0.030.08 ± 0.02 66.0%1
Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)6.46 ± 0.054.93 ± 0.05 23.6%1
Ca (mg/dL)12.86 ± 0.5411.70 ± 0.52 9.0%
P (mg/dL)8.22 ± 0.276.0 ± 0.19 27.0% 1
Mg (mg/dL)2.84 ± 0.092.15 ± 0.08 24.3% 1
Cl (mg/dL)83.40 ± 5.63
Na (mg/dL)133.22 ± 8.31137.22 ± 5.64 3.0%
K (mg/dL)3.54 ± 0.053.44 ± 0.04 2.8%
Fe (mg/dL)87.10 ± 4.30102.0 ± 4.13 14.6%

1Significative differences ( -test, P ≤ 0.05).