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Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2012 Oct 8;189(3):1130–1136. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.08.222

Table 4.

Changes of urothelium, collagen, and smooth muscle areas in the bladder.

	Tissue cross-sectional area (mm²)				Percentage of the total tissue cross-sectional area (%)
	Total	Collagen	Muscle	Urothelium	Collagen	Muscle	Urothelium
Control	9.83±0.50	3.55±0.13	4.10±0.17	0.65±0.06	36.4±2.3	41.9±1.7	6.7±0.6
Sham	8.64±0.91	3.45±0.25	3.63±0.26	0.52±0.06	40.3±1.3	42.5±1.9	6.1±0.3
DIU	13.10±1.00^a	3.96±0.23	6.30±0.59^a	0.96±0.09^a	30.6±1.2^c	48.0±1.6	7.4±0.7
DM	14.34±0.52^a	4.07±0.24	6.75±0.29^a	1.10±0.13^a	28.4±1.6^c	47.1±1.7	7.6±0.7
UD	6.46±0.40^b	3.18±0.27	1.92±0.11^b	0.22±0.03^b	49.2±2.9^b	30.0±1.7^b	3.3±0.4^b
UD+DM	6.10±0.28^b	3.14±0.17	1.93±0.07^b	0.18±0.01^b	51.5±1.8^b	31.8±0.9^b	2.9±0.2^b

Values are expressed as means plus or minus standard error of the mean of 6 individual rats.

significantly different from corresponding value in control, sham, UD and UD+DM groups (P <0.01).

significantly different from corresponding value in control, sham, DM, and DIU groups (P <0.01)

significantly different from corresponding value in sham, UD and UD+DM groups (P <0.01).

Abbreviations: DIU, 5% sucrose-induced diuretics after sham urinary diversion; DM, diabetes mellitus; UD, urinary diversion.