Table 1.

Characteristics of the animals in the inflammatory phase of pulmonary emphysema

			Body weight (g) at 10-day interval
Groups	n	Blood glucose (mmol/l)	Initial	Final
Matching control	20	5.07 ± 0.08	222 ± 5	282 ± 5
Diabetic	23	26.49 ± 1.45*	234 ± 4	212 ± 8*

Rats were rendered diabetic by the injection of alloxan (42 mg/kg, i.v.) 10 days before porcine pancreatic elastase instillation to evaluate bronchoalveolar response 6 h thereafter. Data are presented as means ± SEM and analysed by Student's t-test as follows

^*P < 0.001 compared with corresponding values in control group.