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Table 1 Baseline blood glucose (mmol/L) at 20 minutes.*

From: Differential Effect of Electroacupuncture on Inflammatory Adipokines in Two Rat Models of Obesity

 

Obese Zucker rats

 

Obese Long

Evans rats

 

Group 1 EA

Group 2

Group 3 EA

Group 4

D1

7.92 (1.19)a

7.96 (1.44)a

5.73 (0.81)b

5.83 (0.60)b

D3

5.42 (0.91)c

5.74 (1.36)c

3.90 (0.24)d

3.87 (0.37)d

D5

4.94 (0.47)e

4.84 (1.22)e

3.94 (0.29)f

3.76 (0.35)f

D8

6.08 (0.78)g

5.10 (0.84)h

4.01 (0.40)j

4.11 (0.44)j

D 10

7.04 (1.16)k

5.84 (0.83)l

4.10 (0.22)m

4.13 (0.39)m

D 12

5.54 (0.95)n

5.40 (0.42)n

4.41 (0.44)p

4.41 (0.49)p

  1. Data presented as mean (standard deviation).
  2. * Data tested for each group with analysis of variance and Duncan’s test with significance taken to be at the level p < 0.05. For each day, values with different superscripts across individual rows are significantly different.
  3. EA = electroacupuncture.