Table 2: Thicknesses and Myocytes and Nucleus number of type the muscle in each area.
EO: external oblique, IO: internal oblique; TA: transversus abdominis, RA: rectus abdominis, DM: diabetes mellitus (Number of rats, average body weight and average blood glucose concentrations).
Data represented as mean ± SD: * represents = P < 0.05 (compared with control animals).
| Control | 6WC (N =4, 334.1–370.7 g, 159.3 ± 32.8 mg/dL) | 14WC (N=6, 381.5–468.4 g, 171.8 ± 27.3 mg/dL) |
| T13 | L1 | T13 | L1 |
| EO | (Mean ± SD mm) Layer | 0.80 (±0.13) | 0.73 (±0.26) | 0.84 (±0.17) | 0.65 (±0.16) |
| IO | 0.88 (±0.14) | 0.92 (±0.19) | 0.93 (±0.16) | 1.26 (±0.31) |
| TA | 0.73 (±0.08) | 0.87 (±0.05) | 0.82 (±0.10) | 1.09 (±0.25) |
| RA | 2.12 (±0.64) | | 2.31 (±0.69) | |
| TA | Myocytes (μm2) | 4047.1 (±693.3) | 4379.5 (±1001.7) | 4859.5 ( ±780.3) | 4904.1 (±863.8) |
| Myocytes (μm2/weight) | 11.2 (±1.7) | 12.1 (±2.5) | 11.3 (±1.4) | 11.4 (±1.6) |
| Number of nucleus | 137.5 (±14.8) | 150.5 (±35.3) | 132.5 (±12.8) | 146.5 (±29.4) |
| DM | 6WD (N=6,184.1–237.2 g, 479.0 ± 70.5 mg/dL) | 14WD (N =6,140.6–187.6 g, 506.8 ± 62.3 mg/dL) |
| T13 | L1 | T13 | L1 |
| EO | EO (Mean ± SD mm) Layer | 0.43 (±0.08) * | 0.38 (±0.04) * | 0.30 (±0.05) * | 0.34 (±0.13) * |
| IO | 0.52 (±0.06) * | 0.63 (±0.11) * | 0.41 (±0.07) * | 0.62 (±0.15) * |
| TA | 0.57 (±0.11) * | 0.52 (±0.11) * | 0.32 (±0.08) * | 0.30 (±0.14) * |
| RA | 1.79 (±0.60) | | 1.42 (±0.46) * | |
| TA | Myocytes (μm2) | 2003.8 (±368.2) * | 1866.8 (±483.6) * | 1047.3 (±296.3) * | 990.0 (±343.6) * |
| Myocytes (μm2/weight) | 9.3 (±0.7) | 8.6 (±1.3) * | 6.4 (±1.5) * | 6.0 (±1.7) * |
| Number of nucleus | 118.7 (±13.2) | 119.0 (±8.5) | 126.7 (±26.1) | 131.0 (±24.0) |