Table 2 Blood glucose and serum insulin levels at fasting condition, and serum triglyceride levels at ad libitum feeding condition in Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg)- and CMC-treated db/db mice.

From: Porphyromonas gingivalis induces entero-hepatic metabolic derangements with alteration of gut microbiota in a type 2 diabetes mouse model

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Blood glucose (mg/dL: fasting)

IRI (Ī¼U/mL: fasting)

Triglyceride (mg/dL: ad libitum feeding)

Control

346ā€‰Ā±ā€‰124

32.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰18.7

290ā€‰Ā±ā€‰101

Pg

467ā€‰Ā±ā€‰124*

36.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰18.7

252ā€‰Ā±ā€‰90

  1. Glucose and insulin levels were measured 3Ā weeks after treatment, and triglyceride levels 4Ā weeks after treatment. Data are expressed as meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰standard error of mean.
  2. IRI: immunoreactive insulin.
  3. *Pā€‰<ā€‰0.05 compared with the control; nā€‰=ā€‰8.
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