Table 2.

Body weight, bladder weight and morphometric analysis in control and streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice

Parameters	Control	Diabetic
Body weight (g)	31.8 ± 0.3	23.0 ± 0.3**
Bladder weight (mg)	26.3 ± 1.7	32.3 ± 1.9*
Bladder volume (mm3)	15.82 ± 1.08	19.19 ± 1.10*
Bladder wall thickness (µm)	348.37 ± 21.28	478.1 ± 29.11*
Smooth muscle density (%)	89.14 ± 1.98	85.92 ± 4.29
Collagen density (%)	11.46 ± 1.46	13.88 ± 1.34
Collagen/smooth muscle density ratio	0.13 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.02
Neural tissue density (%)	3.88 ± 0.45	5.36 ± 0.73*

Data represent the means ± SEM for 7–10 mice.

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.001 compared with control group (two-tailed t-test).