Skip to main content

View full-text article in PMC

. 2018 Nov 29;8(4):697–704. doi: 10.15171/apb.2018.078

Table 2. Results of histopathological evaluation of rat’s lung tissues, radiation group was compared to control group while radiation plus metformin group was compared to radiation group (a: significant compared to control group, ANOVA, Tukey's HSD, p<0.05).

	Control	Metformin treated	Radiation	Radiation+Metformin
Macrophage infiltration	1.00±00	1.00±00	3.66±0.57^a	1.5±0.57^b
Lymphocyte infiltration	1.75±0.50	1.00±00	4.00±00^a	1.5±0.57^b
Neutrophil infiltration	1.25±50	1.00±00	1.00±00	1.25±50
Alveolar thickness	1.00±00	1.00±00	2.66±0.57^a	1.25±50^b
Vascular thickness	1.00±00	1.00±00	2.00±00^a	1.00±00^b
Edema and thrombosis	1.00±00	1.00±00	2.00±00^a	1.00±00^b