The Effect of Chromium Picolinate Supplementation on the Pancreas and Macroangiopathy in Type II Diabetes Mellitus Rats

Table 3

The weight change and food intake of the rats in each group during the whole experiment.

Group	CN	T2DM	CrPic groups
			(25 μg/kg)	(50 μg/kg)	(100 μg/kg)
Weight change; (g/week)	397.80 ± 21.74	349.551 ± 13.25*	357.32 ± 12.93*	357.11 ± 14.50*	360.03 ± 21.01*
Food intake (g/day)	16 ± 3	42 ± 7*	37 ± 5*	29 ± 4*	27 ± 7*

CN: the normal control group, group 1; T2DM: T2DM (type II diabetes mellitus) control group, group 2; CrPic groups: group 3 (25 μg/kg), group 4 (50 μg/kg), and group 5 (100 μg/kg); and ∗compared with group 1, 𝑃<0.01.