Effect of early administration of exogenous basic fibroblast growth factor on acute edematous pancreatitis in rats

Table 1 Changes in serum amylase, lipase and pancreatic wet/dry weight ratio (n = 10) (mean ± SD)

Groups	Serum amylase ( U/L)	Serum lipase(U/L)	Pancreatic wet/dry weight ratio
Group I	1289 ± 94.0	171 ± 23.4	4.12 ± 0.26
Group II	3464 ± 223.7b	456 ± 68.7b	6.89 ± 0.47b
Group III	1383 ± 94.6ad	194 ± 43.6ad	4.32 ± 0.32ad

^aP > 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs group I;

^dP < 0.01 vs group II.

Table 2 Pathological lesion score for pancreas of each group (n = 10) (mean ± SD)

Groups	Edema	PMN infiltration	Vacuolization
Group I	0	0	0
Group II	2.40 ± 1.07b	2.50 ± 1.08b	2.40 ± 0.96b
Group III	0.70 ± 0.67ad	0.60 ± 0.59ad	0.70 ± 0.62ad

^bP < 0.01,

^aP < 0.05 vs group I;

^dP < 0.01 vs group II.