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. 2013 Mar 29;28(8):2045–2058. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft014

Table 3:

Cyst size distribution was shifted towards higher proportions of small cysts after 3 months of tolcapone treatment

Relative group size in (%)
Differences between the relative group sizes
Substrain PKD/Mhm
PKD/US
PKD/Mhm
PKD/US
Sex Male
Female
Male
Female
Male Female Male Female
Cyst size in (mm2) T C T C T C T C Difference (treated-control)
<0.010 18.3 16.6 6.9 29.4 11.6 5.9 6.0 9.1 1.6 −22.5 5.8 −3.1
0.010–0.019 22.5 16.8 17.8 15.1 17.4 10.2 11.6 17.2 5.7 2.7 7.1 −5.6
0.020–0.029 16.9 16.2 18.4 14.2 19.5 17.1 22.4 21.6 0.7 4.2 2.3 0.8
0.030–0.049 16.4 17.8 22.3 16.3 19.8 22.5 25.7 22.0 −1.4 6.1 −2.7 3.6
0.050–0.100 12.9 17.5 20.8 14.9 17.1 23.2 23.5 19.8 −4.6 5.9 −6.2 3.7
>0.100 13.0 15.1 13.7 10.1 14.7 21.1 10.8 10.2 −2.1 3.7 −6.4 0.6
total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Cyst sizes were divided to obtain six groups with approximately equal group sizes in the control animals.