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. 2021 Dec 13;10(12):1983. doi: 10.3390/antiox10121983

Table 5.

Morphometric variables from aortic sections (mean ± standard deviation) of nondiabetic rats (NDR), diabetic control rats (DR), and DR treated with hydroxytyrosol (HT) 5 mg/kg/day p.o. (HT-5), 3′,4′-dihidroxifenilglicol (DHPG) 0.5 or 1 mg/kg/day p.o. (DHPG-0.5, DHPG-1), or their association. n = 10 rats per group.

Variable NDR DR HT-5 DHPG-0.5 DHPG-1 HT-5 + DHPG-0.5 HT-5 + DHPG-1
Aortic thickness (µm) 108 ± 5.8 144 ± 5.2 (+) 113 ± 7.9 (*) 120 ± 3.3 (*) 190 ± 9.4 117 ± 4.2 (*) 118 ± 4.8 (*)
Smooth muscle cells (n/105 µm2) 41.9 ± 2.2 55.2 ± 2.8 (+) 44.5 ± 3.5 (*) 41.2 ± 2.1 (*) 41.3 ± 1.9 (*) 38.1 ± 3.8 (*) 44.0 ± 1.9 (*)

+p < 0.05 with respect to NDR; * p < 0.05 with respect to DR.