Cholesterol Contributes to Diabetic Nephropathy through SCAP-SREBP-2 Pathway

Table 2

Biochemical parameters of NC, DM, and DM + AT groups at the end of intervention study (𝑛=5).

Group	NC	DM	DM + AT
WT (g)	460.40±21.41	303.00±18.57^∗	296.00±49.66
KW/WT	0.008±0.000	0.014±0.002^∗	0.014±0.001
FBG (mmol/L)	6.40±0.61	25.52±2.87^∗	23.48±5.97
Cr (umol/L)	37.00±3.46	67.00±14.35^∗	35.40±5.03^Δ
BUN (mmol/L)	5.32±0.28	9.26±1.44^∗	10.94±2.57
TG (mmol/L)	0.38±0.09	1.89±0.25^∗	1.08±0.88
TC (mmol/L)	1.70±0.24	11.60±3.98^∗	4.43±2.35^Δ
LDL (mmol/L)	0.76±0.07	4.72±0.90^∗	1.87±0.73^Δ

Data are presented as means ± SD. ∗P < 0.05 versus NC; ΔP < 0.05 versus DM.