highly significantp < 0.01
A p- value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant, whereas p- values of less than 0.01 and 0.001 were considered highly significant ( p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively). 3 Results 3.1 Beneficial effects of the specially cultivated C. militaris on mice with T2DM First, to evaluate the therapeutic potential of this specially cultivated C. militaris in the treatment of T2DM, experiments were conducted using an established T2DM mouse model to evaluate the effect of C. militaris on body weight and serum glucose levels in ApoE KO mice fed a WD over a 16-week period.