Over-starvation aggravates intestinal injury and promotes bacterial and endotoxin translocation under high-altitude hypoxic environment

Table 1 Morphological manifestations of intestinal mucosa in different groups (mean ± SD)

Group	Rats (n)	Height of villi	Thickness of mucosa	Villous area (m2)
C	10	242 ± 19	380 ± 4	15324 ± 1027
H	10	228 ± 23a	296 ± 7b	13450 ± 999b
HH	10	200 ± 24b	314 ± 7b	11341 ± 997b
HG	10	215 ± 23c	370 ± 9d	12901 ± 989d

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs group C;

^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs group H. C: Control group; H: Hypobaric hypoxia group; HH: Hypobaric hypoxia plus starvation group; HG: Hypobaric hypoxia plus Gln group.