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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2010 Sep 17;184(5):2179–2185. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.06.090

Table 3.

Temporal changes of urothelium, collagen, and smooth muscle areas as percentage (%) of total tissue cross-sectional area in the bladder of age-matched control, sham UD and UD rats.

Time point Group Percentage of Collagen Percentage of muscle Percentage of urothelium
1 week Control 41.4±3.9 48.0±3.3 8.9±0.4
Sham 36.3±1.4 53.7±2.0 10.5±0.8
UD 48.8±2.3* 38.9±2.2* 8.1±0.8
8 weeks Control 42.3±0.7 47.3±0.8 11.8±1.2
Sham 39.8±0.6 46.9±1.0 10.1±0.5
UD 50.9±1.6* 38.7±2.0* 5.2±0.7*#

Values are expressed as the mean ± standard error of the mean.

*

significantly different from the corresponding value in age-matched control group (p <0.01).

#

Significantly different from corresponding value in 1-week UD group (p < 0.01).