Research Article

Short-Term Calorie Restriction in Early Life Attenuates the Development of Proteinuria but Not Glucose Intolerance in Type 2 Diabetic OLETF Rats

Table 1


TimeLETOOLETF normal dietOLETF high sucroseOLETF high fatOLETF calorie restriction

BW (g)Baseline193 ± 3247 ± 7*224 ± 4*216 ± 5*234 ± 5*
13 w393 ± 10511 ± 14*524 ± 9*587 ± 14*#441 ± 6*#
27 w486 ± 17689 ± 19*702 ± 15*705 ± 20*639 ± 8*#

Fat weight/BW13 w0.012 ± 0.0010.017 ± 0.001*0.026 ± 0.001*#0.038 ± 0.001*#0.011 ± 0.001
27 w0.014 ± 0.0010.022 ± 0.001*0.027 ± 0.001*#0.028 ± 0.001*#0.021 ± 0.001*

Blood glucose (postprandial; mg/dL)Baseline98 ± 2118 ± 5117 ± 6123 ± 6113 ± 6
13 w126 ± 2198 ± 16*207 ± 17*218 ± 15*141 ± 5#
27 w141 ± 4265 ± 20*262 ± 15*249 ± 24*229 ± 25*

Blood glucose (fasting; mg/dL)13 w84 ± 488 ± 4122 ± 8*#133 ± 6*#96 ± 4
27 w94 ± 6112 ± 7106 ± 6109 ± 8113 ± 8

Insulin (fasting; ng/mL)13 w0.7 ± 0.21.2 ± 0.23.4 ± 0.2*#6.2 ± 0.9*#1.2 ± 0.3
27 w1.9 ± 0.35.3 ± 0.4*5.3 ± 0.5*6.5 ± 0.6*5.7 ± 0.5*

𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 versus LETO rats, # 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 versus normal-diet-fed OLETF rats.