Evaluation of Bcl-2 Family Gene Expression and Caspase-3 Activity in Hippocampus STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 2

Characteristic parameters of the control and STZ-diabetic rats. Values are shown as mean±S.E.M. of 12 rats per group.

	Control	Diabetic
Initial body weight (g)	243.7±9.2	247.0±19.0
Final body weight (g)	306.0±10.4	198.1±21.0^*
Initial blood glucose (mg/dl)	109.4±5.6	106.9±6.3
Final blood glucose (mg/dl)	111.2±1.3	477.1±28.4^**

^*𝑃<.01 versus control.
^**𝑃<.001 versus control.