Research Article

Combined Administration of Streptozotocin and Sucrose Accelerates the Appearance of Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms in Rats

Table 1

Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl) of rats at 10 and 14 weeks of age of experimental protocol A. The data shown are of the Control (males , females ), Stz70 (males , females ), and Stz90 (males , females ) groups. Values are expressed as the median and interquartile range (IQR) (p25-p75). The Kruskal-Wallis test was used for testing the statistical significance between groups of data, in addition to a posthoc Dunn Multiple Comparison Test (Control, Stz70, and Stz90). The asterisk denotes that the data are significantly different from the Control group (, , and ), and the plus sign denotes that the data are significantly different from the Stz70 group (+, ++, and +++).

MaleFemale
10th week14th week10th week14th week

Control97 (91.3-116.8)106.5 (94.5-119.5)93 (92-118)96.5 (89.5-105)
Stz70129.5 (120.3-144.8)131 (107-248)131.5 (106.5-153.5)138.5 (113-206)
Stz90164.5 (119-224)278.5+ (228.3-395.5)190.5 (151.3-276.3)190 (174.3-247)