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Table 1 Body weight, organ weights and urine production

From: Effects of diabetes and hypertension on macrophage infiltration and matrix expansion in the rat kidney

Group

SD

SD+STZ

TGR

TGR+STZ

N

5

7

7

6

Body weight (g)

429.6 ± 9.0

308.0 ± 9.5 *

388.3 ± 14.6 *

316.3 ± 36.4 * §

Heart weight (g)

1.53 ± 0.06

1.24 ± 0.05 *

1.94 ± 0.06 *

1.47 ± 0.18

Heart weight / body weight ratio(mg/g)

3.55 ± 0.11

4.03 ± 0.09 *

5.03 ± 0.19 *

4.63 ± 0.16 *

Kidney weight (g)

1.30 ± 0.03

1.53 ± 0.02 *

1.47 ± 0.06 *

1.67 ± 0.13 *

Kidney weight / body weight ratio(mg/g)

3.04 ± 0.05

4.98 ± 0.15 *

3.82 ± 0.18 *

5.43 ± 0.33 * §

Urine production (ml/24 h)

22.0 ± 2.7

95.7 ± 10.1 *

30.0 ± 1.7 *

111.5 ± 13.6 * §

  1. * p < 0.05 versus SD
  2. §p < 0.05 versus TGR