Blood glycated hemoglobin level.

<p>HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; Vehicle, rats treated with distilled water (1.5 ml/kg/day, s.c); Met, rats treated with metformin (500 mg/kg/day, p.o); Saxa, rats treated with saxagliptin (1 mg/kg/day, p.o); D-gal, rats treated with D-galactose (150 mg/kg/day, s.c); D-gal/Met, rats treated with D-galactose and metformin; D-gal/Saxa, rats treated with D-galactose and saxagliptin. Each value represents mean ± S.E; n = 8. ^a Significantly different from Vehicle group at <i>p</i> < 0.05. ^b Significantly different from D-gal group at <i>p</i> < 0.05.