Nutritional correlates and dynamics of diabetes in the Nile rat (Arvicanthis niloticus): a novel model for diet-induced type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

Table 7 Blood glucose and blood pressure dynamics for 13 male Nile rats fed chow (#5020) divided at 22 wks into early-onset and late-onset groups followed for 21 wks (Expt 9)

	Groups
	Early-onset	Late-onset
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)
22 wk of age	271 ± 34	77 ± 34*
27 wk of age	406 ± 73	137 ± 92*
34 wk of age	371 ± 124	71 ± 20*
40 wk of age	339 ± 43	211 ± 120*
43 wk of age	425 ± 33	288 ± 196*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
27 wk of age	128 ± 8	123 ± 10
34 wk of age	156 ± 8	134 ± 6*
40 wk of age	171 ± 13	137 ± 7*
43 wk of age	164 ± 6	158 ± 7
Body weight (g)
Initial (age: 8 wks)	83 ± 5	76 ± 4
22 wk of age	115 ± 13	117 ± 12
27 wk of age	116 ± 12	125 ± 10
34 wk of age	113 ± 18	127 ± 11
40 wk of age	114 ± 14	125 ± 10
43 wk of age	109 ± 12	123 ± 11
Plasma (43 wk of age)
Insulin (ng/mL)	0.9 ± 0.9	3.0 ± 2.0*
TC (mg/dL)	413 ± 302	139 ± 98*
TG (mg/dL)	1472 ± 1282	253 ± 245*

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