Supplementation of Lactobacillus plantarum K68 and Fruit-Vegetable Ferment along with High Fat-Fructose Diet Attenuates Metabolic Syndrome in Rats with Insulin Resistance

Table 5

Changes in blood glucose, insulin, HbA1c, and HOMA-IR values over a period of HFFD feeding and effect of K68, FVF, and MIX supplementation (𝑁=10).

Parameters	CON	HFFD	HFFD + K68	HFFD + FVF	HFFD + MIX
Week 6
Glucose (mg/dL)	93.6±3.0	144.4±2.8^∗	138.4±3.2^∗	133.8±2.6^∗†	128.1±2.4^∗†#
Insulin (ng/mL)	1.27±0.03	2.05±0.04^∗	1.89±0.03^∗	1.77±0.02^∗†	1.58±0.03^∗†#
HOMA-IR	1.32±0.04	3.28±0.08^∗	2.92±0.10^∗†	2.63±0.05^∗†	2.26±0.07^∗†#
Week 8
Glucose (mg/dL)	95.1±2.7	165±2.0^∗	152.5±3.5^∗†	140.4±3.6^∗†	137.1±2.3^∗†#
Insulin (ng/mL)	1.3±0.03	2.74±0.05^∗	2.3±0.04^∗†	2.29±0.04^∗†	2.13±0.03^∗†
HbA1c (%)	4.8±0.2	5.8±0.2^∗	5.4±0.2^∗	5.2±0.2^†	5.1±0.2^†
HOMA-IR	1.39±0.05	5.08±0.09^∗	3.94±0.12^∗†	3.62±0.15^∗†	3.27±0.08^∗†#

∗Significant compared to CON group.
†Significant compared to HFFD group.
#Significant compared to K68 and FVF groups.