Diabetes-related intestinal region-specific thickening of ganglionic basement membrane and regionally decreased matrix metalloproteinase 9 expression in myenteric ganglia

Table 1 Weight and glycaemic characteristics of the experimental groups

	Weight (g)		Blood glucose level (mmol/L)
	Initial	Final	Initial	Final (average)
Controls (n = 4)	266 ± 18.85	460.25 ± 22.34b	6.48 ± 0.2	5.99 ± 0.19
Diabetics (n = 4)	274 ± 17.11	382.5 ± 17.69a,c	6.4 ± 0.24	26.23 ± 1.89b,d
Insulin-treated diabetics (n = 4)	274 ± 15.36	457.25 ± 29.33b,e	6.28 ± 0.09	7.13 ± 1.37f

^aP < 0.01.

^bP < 0.0001 vs initial.

^cP < 0.05.

^dP < 0.0001 vs final controls.

^eP < 0.05.

^fP < 0.0001 vs final diabetics. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.