Expression of brain derived-neurotrophic factor and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in the urothelium: relation with voiding function

Table 2 Comparison of cystometric parameters and bladder weight between the experimental groups. The results of various cystometric parameters and bladder weight for group I (control), group II (BOO rats), and group III (BOO rats after 5-HMT administration) are shown

Group (n)	TP-BP	MP-BP	MV	MI	MT	NVA	Bladder weight
I (20)	14.0 (a) ±0.97	55.4 (a) ±4.64	0.61 (a) ±0.06	64.7 (a) ±4.36	11.6 (a) ±1.33	0.15 (a) ±0.37	116.5 (a) ±8.26
II (26)	9.5 (b) ±6.95	55.2 (a) ±8.31	0.19 (b) ±0.05	27.4 (b) ±4.26	10.6 (b) ±0.85	2.36 (b) ±0.49	212.1 (b) ±12.00
III (25)	4.9 (c) ±3.51	49.24 (b) ±4.65	0.27 (c) ±0.64	39.3 (c) ±5.91	10.7 (b) ±1.45	1.31 (c) ±0.47	197.4 (c) ±10.66
p-value¹⁾	0.000	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.017	0.000	0.000

TP, BP, MP: cmH₂O; MV: mL; MT: seconds; bladder weight: mg; NVA (number/10 voidings)
The same letters indicate non-significant differences between groups based on Scheffe’s multiple comparison tests
1) Statistical significance among the different groups was tested by a nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test

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