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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2010 Feb;183(2):780–785. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.09.074

Cystometric findings in WT and mutant young male and old female mice

Mean ± SD WT Mean ± SD Mutant p Value (Student's t test)
Young male
Bladder capacity (ml) 0.24 ± 0.11 0.25 ± 0.07
Bladder compliance (ml/cm H2O) 0.02 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01
Voiding frequency (No.) 9.8 ± 4.32 9.6 ± 2.07
Vol (ml):
    Voided 0.2 ± 0.04 0.08 ± 0.07 <0.05
    Post-void residual 0.04 ± 0.03 0.17 ± 0.03 <0.001
Pressure (cm H2O):
    Baseline 29.9 ± 6.95 32.08 ± 1.46
    Threshold 42.2 ± 2.49 49.66 ± 8.74
    Max 58.98 ± 5.44 60.12 ± 13.58
    Intermicturition 35.52 ± 4.66 37.62 ± 3.28
Spontaneous activity 5.62 ± 2.99 5.54 ± 1.94
Time to max pressure (secs) 24.18 ± 15.16 77.9 ± 29.38 <0.05
Bladder/body wt (mg/gm) 1.08 ± 0.20 1.18 ± 0.17
Old female
Bladder capacity (ml) 0.2 ± 0.06 0.07 ± 0.01 <0.05
Bladder compliance (ml/cm H2O) 0.012 ± 0.005 0.004 ± 0.001 <0.05
Voiding frequency (No.) 10.75 ± 4.27 29.5 ± 3.79 <0.001
Vol (ml):
    Voided 0.17 ± 0.06 0.02 ± 0.01 <0.05
    Post-void residual 0.04 ± 0.04 0.05 ± 0
Pressure (cm H2O):
    Baseline 29.85 ± 2.04 40.45 ± 6.59 <0.05
    Threshold 47.28 ± 2.14 60.45 ± 13.70
    Max 64.54 ± 15.72 88.28 ± 19.85
    Intermicturition 35.15 ± 1.86 46.35 ± 8.34 <0.05
Spontaneous activity 5.30 ± 0.43 6.20 ± 2.21
Time to max pressure (secs) 28.36 ± 17.82 20.55 ± 14.67
Bladder/body wt (mg/gm) 0.94 ± 0.15 1.6 ± 0.44