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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Microcirculation. 2013 Feb;20(2):183–189. doi: 10.1111/micc.12022

Table.

Quantitation of renal vasculature assessed by micro-CT in control and PCK rats.

control PCK
Vascular density (per cc2)
 Outer cortex 163±22 79±18*
 Inner cortex 350±21 194±23*
 Outer strip outer medulla 184±18 90±15*
 Inner strip outer medulla 44±10 9±3*
Glomeruli
  Total number 28,124±2464 34,044±7585
 Glomerular diameter (μm) 104.14±2.94 125.76±9.06*
Vascular Volume Fraction (%)
 Outer cortex 22.27±0.94 21.03±1.67
 Inner cortex 25.15±1.27 20.83±1.32*
 Outer strip outer medulla 21.25±0.83 19.22±2.92
 Inner strip outer medulla 24.54±1.53 18.01±0.52*
*

p<0.05 compared to control