A Novel Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes: The Zucker Fatty Diabetes Mellitus ZFDM Rat
Figure 3
Cross-sectional phenotypic characterization of the ZFDM strain. (a) Body weight, (b) nonfasting blood glucose level, (c) Body length, and (d) BMI of fa/fa (, 6, 6, 6, and 13 for 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24 weeks of age, resp.) and fa/+ (, 6, 5, 5, and 9 for 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24 weeks of age, resp.) male rats in the ZFDM strain. Welch’s t test was used for comparisons between fa/fa and fa/+ rats.
