Effect of Tangweian Jianji on upper gastrointestinal remodeling in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Table 1 Comparison of constant a among the different groups

	Circumferential direction		Longitudinal direction
	Esophagus	Jejunum	Esophagus	Jejunum
Control (n = 10)	3.56 ± 0.35	2.65 ± 0.37	18.33 ± 2.36	13.51 ± 3.66
DM (n = 9)	4.59 ± 0.79a	3.81 ± 0.31a	27.62 ± 3.93a	14.79 ± 2.26
T1 (n = 9)	3.77 ± 0.39	2.55 ± 0.51c	19.43 ± 4.13c	14.67 ± 1.56
T2 (n = 9)	3.84 ± 0.44	4.02 ± 0.71a	27.82 ± 1.74a	15.41 ± 4.36

^aP < 0.05 vs control group;

^cP < 0.05 vs DM group. DM: Diabetic control; T1: High dose; T2: Low dose.