Table 1.

Area and perimeter values from control (CTL) and dexamethasone-treated (DEX) rat islets

	Area (μm2)		Perimeter (μm)		Roundness-factor
	Islet	Nucleus	Islet	Nucleus	Islet	Nucleus
CTL	12,153 ± 420	30.5 ± 0.6	432 ± 7	21.5 ± 0.2	0.75 ± 0.008	0.83 ± 0.01
DEX	26,057 ± 915*	20.5 ± 0.5*	672 ± 15*	17.2 ± 0.2*	0.69 ± 0.008*	0.86 ± 0.06*

Values are mean ± SEM.

^*Significantly different vs. CTL. n =500 for islet and 300 for nucleus. P< 0.05. Unpaired Student's t-test.