Table 3.

Changes of the hypertrophy-related parameters in STZ-diabetic rats receiving 12 weeks of DSS treatment.

Groups	Kidney weight (g)	Kidney weight/body weight (mg g−1)
Nondiabetic rats
Vehicle	1.5 ± 0.2d	5.6 ± 0.4d
STZ-diabetic rats
Vehicle	2.9 ± 0.3b	16.5 ± 0.5b
DSS (2.8 g kg−1 per day)	2.1 ± 0.3b	12.3 ± 0.2b, c

Values (mean ± SD) were obtained for each group of 7 animals. ^b P < 0.01 compared to the values of vehicle-treated nondiabetic rats. ^c P < 0.05 and ^d P < 0.01 compared to the values of vehicle-treated STZ-diabetic rats, respectively.