Table 2 Stereological data of right and left kidneys of pigs subjected to sham surgery or to left renal ischemia with or without mannitol administration
From: Mannitol reduces nephron loss after warm renal ischemia in a porcine model
Sham | Ischemia | Mannitol | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Right | Left | p-value | Right | Left | p-value | Right | Left | p-value | |
Kidney weight (g) | 56.8 ± 4.9 | 58.2 ± 8.5 | 0.52 | 59.2 ± 10.9 | 55.5 ± 11.0 | 0.008 | 58.5 ± 10.4 | 55.4 ± 8.5 | 0.06 |
Kidney volume (ml) | 54.4 ± 4.1 | 55.2 ± 7.7 | 0.70 | 56.6 ± 9.8 | 53.0 ± 10.5 | 0.007 | 55.4 ± 9.8 | 52.5 ± 8.1 | 0.09 |
Cortical-medullar ratio (%) | 71.6 ± 2.3 | 70.4 ± 4.1 | 0.32 | 71.8 ± 2.4 | 70.1 ± 2.2 | 0.04 | 71.4 ± 4.0 | 71.9 ± 3.3 | 0.72 |
Cortical volume (ml) | 38.9 ± 3.3 | 38.9 ± 6.5 | 0.98 | 40.6 ± 7.4 | 37.2 ± 7.9 | 0.002 | 39.3 ± 5.9 | 37.8 ± 6.2 | 0.17 |
Vv [glom] (%) | 3.79 ± 0.5 | 3.72 ± 0.5 | 0.68 | 3.59 ± 0.4 | 3.08 ± 0.9 | 0.16 | 4.06 ± 0.9 | 3.72 ± 0.8 | 0.37 |
VWGV (105 μm3) | 13.4 ± 1.6 | 12.7 ± 1.1 | 0.25 | 12.5 ± 2.4 | 12.4 ± 1.2 | 0.94 | 14.1 ± 3.9 | 14.3 ± 3.9 | 0.86 |
Glomeruli (millions) | 1.10 ± 0.1 | 1.14 ± 0.2 | 0.68 | 1.18 ± 0.2 | 0.89 ± 0.2 | 0.04 | 1.18 ± 0.4 | 0.99 ± 0.2 | 0.18 |