Mean blood glucose (mmol/l), serum cholesterol (mg/dl), protein (g/dl), urea (mg/dl) and uric acid (mg/dl) concentrations of control and experimental animals.

Table 3: Mean blood glucose (mmol/l), serum cholesterol (mg/dl), protein (g/dl), urea (mg/dl) and uric acid (mg/dl) concentrations 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)
Glucose	6.05 ± 0.15	7.05 ± 0.38^*	5.44 ± 0.13^*a1	11.57 ± 0.16^***	12.77 ± 0.28^***b1	9.61 ± 0.12^**c1
Cholesterol	158 ± 5.2	173.3 ± 3.9^*	167 ± 3.49^*a	171 ± 2.5^***	179.0 ± 4.0^***b1	161 ± 2.7c2
Protein	8.45 ± 0.05	8.34 ± 0.18	8.49 ± 0.25	6.95 ± 0.11^***	7.07 ± 0.16^**	7.85 ± 0.23^**c
Urea	41.8 ± 1.17	50 ± 2.62^***	32.6 ± 1.42^***a2	61.1 ± 0.83^***	65.5 ± 1.53^***b1	52 ± 2.18^***c2
Uric acid	7.19 ± 0.21	7.44 ± 0.2^*	7.10 ± 0.35a	8.99 ± 0.19^***	9.73 ± 0.22^***b1	9.15 ± 0.36^**c2

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

^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001: all groups versus control group; ^ap < 0.05; ^a1p < 0.01; ^a2p < 0.001: non-diabetic+Ca+Zn versus non-diabetic calcium group; ^b1p < 0.01: diabetic+Ca versus diabetic group; ^cp < 0.05; ^c1p < 0.01; ^c2p < 0.001: diabetic+Ca+Zn versus diabetic calcium group.