Differential Changes of Aorta and Carotid Vasodilation in Type 2 Diabetic GK and OLETF Rats: Paradoxical Roles of Hyperglycemia and Insulin

Table 1

Basic data of Wistar control and diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats (GK).

	3 months		12 months
	Wistar	GK	Wistar	GK
Body weight (BW), g	365±8	307±7 **	498±9	409±10 **
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	115±6	117±7	118±8	119±5
Heart rate, beat/min	380±8	439±5 **	382±7	455±12 **
Total cholesterol, mmoL/L	1.82±0.05	2.94±0.11 **	2.63±0.13	3.11±0.08 **
LDL-cholesterol, mmoL/L	0.44±0.02	0.40±0.02	0.58±0.07	0.55±0.02
HDL-cholesterol, mmoL/L	1.13±0.03	2.48±0.09 **	1.73±0.08	2.49±0.08 **
Triglyceride, mmoL/L	1.19±0.16	1.20±0.14	1.86±0.07	1.65±0.13

* 𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01 versus respective age-matched Wistar controls. Data are mean ± SEM, 𝑛=8.