Correlations between Endothelial Functions and ROS Detection in Diabetic Microvascular Wall: Early and Late Ascorbic Acid Supplementation

Table 1

Means ± SE of blood glucose (BG), HbA_1C, body weight (BW), plasma ascorbic acid (Plasma AA), mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) were demonstrated for 12 weeks of experimental periods control, DM, DM + AAday2, DM + AA6wk.

Group	BG (mg/dL)	HbA1C (%)	BW (g)	Plasma AA (mg/dL)	MAP (mmHg)
Control	93.13±7.70; (𝑛=8)	3.68±0.54; (𝑛=6)	425.67±4.46; (𝑛=9)	1.30±0.15; (𝑛=6)	97.22±6.68; (𝑛=8)
DM	418.33±17.24 *; (𝑛=9)	10.86±0.24 *; (𝑛=7)	182.70±7.87 *; (𝑛=10)	0.62±0.02 *; (𝑛=7)	113.54±3.16 *; (𝑛=9)
DM + AAday2	380.13±18.61; (𝑛=8)	9.81±0.30; (𝑛=8)	228.00±15.18; (𝑛=9)	0.99±0.03^#; (𝑛=5)	92.70±6.47^#; (𝑛=8)
DM + AA6wk	407.80±28.8; (𝑛=5)	10.34±0.35; (𝑛=5)	283.75±22.65; (𝑛=6)	1.27±0.04^#; (𝑛=5)	95.33±6.90^#; (𝑛=7)

^∗𝑃<0.001, significant difference compared to control.
^#𝑃<0.001, significant difference compared to DM.