Table 1 Study population demographics.

From: Loss of sympathetic innervation to islets of Langerhans in canine diabetes and pancreatitis is not associated with insulitis

Group

Age (years)

Sex

Body weight (kg)

Controls (N = 5)

4.6 ± 2.6a

FS = 1, FI = 0

27.4 ± 18.8

4 (0.8–7.0)

MC = 4, MI = 0

23.0 (2.4–51.7)

sDM (N = 11)

10.2 ± 2.9b

FS = 4, FI = 1

26.0 ± 15.8

10 (5–14)

MC = 5, MI = 1

28.2 (4.4–52.0)

sPanc (N = 10)

7.9 ± 3.8

FS = 6, FI = 0

20.2 ± 8.1

7.0 (0.8–14)

MC = 4, MI = 0

20.2 (10.4–30.0)

sDMPanc (N = 10)

9.7 ± 3.0

FS = 6, FI = 1

21.5 ± 18.0

10.0 (4.0–14)

MC = 2, MI = 1

12.9 (5.0–60.0)

iDM (N = 7)

3.0 ± 0

FS = 0, FI = 0

9.9 ± 1.5

 

MC = 7, MI = 0

10.5 (7.5–11.2)

  1. Data are presented as Mean ± SD; Median (range). Different superscripts indicate significantly different values (p ≤ 0.05).
  2. DM diabetes mellitus, sDM spontaneous DM, sDMPanc spontaneous DM and concurrent pancreatitis, sPanc spontaneous pancreatitis, iDM toxin-induced DM, FS female spayed, FI female intact, MC male castrated, MI male intact.