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).