Table 2. Histological characteristics of biceps, triceps, finger flexor, and finger extensor muscles in diabetes mellitus (DM) and control (C) groups.

Muscles	Muscle fiber CSA (μm2)		Connective tissue (%)
	C	DM	C	DM
Biceps	1996±1.89	1258±1.04*	6.3±0.6	40±5.7*
Triceps	2536±2.36	1797.7±1.4*	5.3±0.5	50.60±2.3*
Finger flexor	703±7.0	643.5±2.8*	5.7±0.9	42.72±2.3*
Finger extensor	841±5.1	524.1±2.0*	5.3±0.5	50.60±2.3*

Data are reported as means±SD for n=6 animals per group *P<0.05 compared to C (t-test). CSA: cross sectional area.