Table 1.

Bladder histology quantification

	Bladder Wall Thickness, μm	Smooth Muscle Thickness, μm	Smooth Muscle Area, %
Control	1,320 ± 119	837 ± 69	48.7 ± 9.0
Diabetic	2,055 ± 121*	1,336 ± 222*	46.5 ± 8.6
	Urothelial/Mucosal Thickness, μm	Urothelial/Mucosal Thickness, %
Control	319 ± 49	24.1 ± 0.6
Diabetic	521 ± 13*	25.5 ± 1.2

Values are means ± SE of measurements of 3 separate bladders from either control or diabetic animals at 27 wk of age. Statistical comparisons were made between control and diabetic animals using Student's t-test.

^*P < 0.05 compared with control rats.