Mean initial body weight (g), final body weight gain (g) and food intake (g/day/rat) of control and experimental animals.

Table 1: Mean initial body weight (g), final body weight gain (g) and food intake (g/day/rat) of control and experimental animals.

Parameters	Control (n = 10)	Non-diabetic+Ca (n = 10)	Non-diabetic+Ca+Zn (n = 10)	Diabetic (n = 10)	Diabetic+Ca (n = 10)	Diabetic+Ca+Zn (n = 10)
Initial Body weight	274.3 ± 1.9	283.5 ± 3.1	270.3 ± 4.2	282.7 ± 2.4	285.1 ± 2.9	281.9 ± 2.7
Final body weight	378.8 ± 4.42	347.2 ± 4.84^***	367.6 ± 3.4^a1	268.3 ± 7.51^***	237 ± 5.92^***b2	266.3 ± 5.21^***c2
Food intake	12.4 ± 0.18	11.3 ± 0.25^**	12.62 ± 0.05^a1	17.10 ± 0.07^***	16.3 ± 0.21^***b1	17.62 ± 0.15^***c2

Values are mean ± SEM, n = number of samples.

^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001: all groups versus control group; ^a1p < 0.01: non-diabetic+Ca+Zn versus non-diabetic calcium group; ^b1p < 0.01; ^b2p < 0.001: diabetic+Ca versus diabetic group; ^c2p < 0.001: diabetic+Ca+Zn versus diabetic calcium group.