Exacerbation of acidosis during ischemia and reperfusion arrhythmia in hearts from type 2 Diabetic Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats

Table 1 Characteristics of the LETO and OLETF rats in each groups

	16-L	16-O	32-L	32-O	32-LT	32-OT
	(n = 8)	(n = 8)	(n = 8)	(n = 8)	(n = 7)	(n = 8)
Body Weight (g)	383.8 ± 8.9	468.8 ± 10.6 **	460.8 ± 7.6	563.2 ± 15.2^††	465.0 ± 14.9	521.4 ± 21.5
HbA1c (%)	3.04 ± 0.07	3.18 ± 0.06	3.17 ± 0.07	4.45 ± 0.26^††	3.09 ± 0.13	3.52 ± 0.07^#
Serum Insulin (ng/ml)	1.5 ± 2.3	2.4 ± 0.8	1.7 ± 0.9	3.3 ± 1.1	1.6 ± 0.6	1.8 ± 0.2
Plasma glucose in OGTT (mg/dl)
pre	86.6 ± 2.2	100.9 ± 4.1*	106.3 ± 3.7	122.3 ± 5.1^†	95.8 ± 2.0	98.8 ± 3.9^#
60 min	131.1 ± 4.1	157.1 ± 14.4	142.5 ± 4.1	310.7 ± 5.0^††	134.9 ± 1.7	225.6 ± 6.9^##
120 min	102.6 ± 4.1	100.9 ± 1.9	101.9 ± 1.9	161.5 ± 4.8^††	95.1 ± 3.1	98.9 ± 4.3^##

Values are the means ± SEM. HbA1c, glycohemoglobin A1c; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test.
*p < 0.05 vs 16-L, **p < 0.01 vs 16-L, ^†p < 0.05 vs 32-L, ^††p < 0.01 vs 32-L, ^#p < 0.05 vs 32-O, ^## p < 0.01 vs 32-O

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