Insulin Detemir Causes Lesser Weight Gain in Comparison to Insulin Glargine: Role on Hypothalamic NPY and Galanin

Table 1

Changes in food intake (g/day/rat) during insulin treatment ().

Groups	At start; food intake	1st week; food intake	2nd week; food intake	4th week; food intake
NC group	21.2 ± 1.1	22.2 ± 0.7	24.3 ± 0.5	27.5 ± 1.0*
DM group	36.7 ± 0.8	41.8 ± 2.8	52.2 ± 2.2	50.5 ± 1.7
DM + DE group	36.1 ± 2.8	40.9 ± 4.2	40.2 ± 4.2	34.4 ± 1.8*
DM + GLA group	37.1 ± 1.9	41.1 ± 2.6	42.4 ± 3.1	38.6 ± 2.1^*#

Note: compared with DM group, *means ; compared with DM + DE group, ^#means .