Figure 5: Total cholesterol levels in mmol//l at 2 weeks and 16 weeks of treatment. D+A; diabetic mice treated with Vitamin A *P<0.05 compared to control nondiabetic mice, **P<0.05 compared to diabetic mice.
Triglycerides were examined at week 2 and week 16 post-injection. At two weeks both untreated and treated diabetic mice showed a significant increase in their total triglycerides levels (2.56 ± 2.6 mmol/l, 2.61 ± 2.2 mmol/l, P  < 0.05, respectively) compared with those of normal mice. At 16 weeks treated diabetic mice showed a significant decrease in their triglycerides levels (1.52 ± 0.8 mmol/l,P  < 0.05) compared with that of untreated mice (Figure 6).