Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 4 Coagulatory factors, PAI-1 activity and fibrinogen level; anti-coagulatory factors, AT-III and protein C in plasma from non-diabetic mice (Non-DM), diabetic mice consumed normal diet (DM), 2% caffeic acid (CA) or ellagic acid (EA) at 12 week.

From: Anti-inflammatory and anti-coagulatory activities of caffeic acid and ellagic acid in cardiac tissue of diabetic mice

	Non-DM	DM	DM+CA	DM+EA
PAI-1, kU/l	7.4 ± 0.7^a	19.2 ± 1.3^b	18.7 ± 1.4^b	18.5 ± 1.0^b
Fibrinogen, g/l	2.41 ± 0.19^a	4.91 ± 0.27^b	4.65 ± 0.30^b	4.70 ± 0.21^b
AT-III, %	138 ± 12^c	70 ± 4^a	98 ± 5^b	104 ± 7^b
Protein C, %	96 ± 6^c	58 ± 5^a	75 ± 7^b	80 ± 6^b

^a-cMeans in a row without a common letter differ, p < 0.05.
Data are mean ± SD, n = 15.

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