Development of an Experimental Model of Diabetes Co-Existing with Metabolic Syndrome in Rats

Table 1

Time course of changes in anthropometric parameters in the experimental group.

SN	Variable	Baseline		⁢4 weeks		⁢7 weeks		10 weeks
		NC	HF-DC	NC	HF-DC	NC	HF-DC	NC	HF-DC
1	Body weight	157.63 ± 7.11	161.14 ± 5.11	188.87 ± 6.22	235.14 ± 4.59	214.12 ± 5.33	226.42 ± 4.68	237.88 ± 4.99	219.14 ± 9.92
2	AC	14.13 ± 0.49	14.28 ± 0.39	15.00 ± 0.26	17.72 ± 0.48	16.31 ± 0.25	17.00 ± 0.40	17.68 ± 0.70	16.58 ± 0.45
3	TC	13.06 ± 00.40	13.14 ± 0.55	13.93 ± 0.41	16.71 ± 0.48	15.25 ± 0.26	16.00 ± 0.41	16.62 ± 0.74	15.57 ± 0.47
4	AC/TC	1.081	1.086	1.076	1.060	1.069	1.062	1.063	1.064

NC: Normal Control group (); HF-DC: High Fat Diabetic Control group (). Values are expressed as mean ± SD. ,  , and , NC versus HF-DC.