Effect of Early and Late Interventions with Dietary Oils on Vascular and Neural Complications in a Type 2 Diabetic Rat Model

Table 2

Effect of dietary oils on weight gain, serum lipids, and thiobarbituric acid substances and liver steatosis in type 2 diabetic Sprague-Dawley rats: late intervention.

Determination	Control (10)	Diabetic (12)	Diabetic+olive oil (12)	Diabetic+safflower oil (12)	Diabetic+evening primrose oil (12)	Diabetic+flaxseed oil (12)	Diabetic+menhaden oil (12)
Start weight (g)
End weight (g)
Blood glucose (mg/dl)
Serum free fatty acid (mmol/l)
Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)
Serum cholesterol (mg/ml)
Serum thiobarbituric acid substances (μg/ml)
Liver steatosis (%)

Data are presented as the . compared to control rats. compared to diabetic rats. Parentheses indicate the number of experimental animals.