Thyroid hormones increase stomach goblet cell numbers and mucin expression during indomethacin induced ulcer healing in Wistar rats

Table 1 Comparison of goblet numbers at day 3 and 7 during ulcer healing

Treatment	N	Neutral			Acidic
		Day		P-value	Day		P-value
		3	7	P-value	3	7
Normal control	6	10.78 ± 1.09	10.62 ± 0.9	0.32	19 1.07	15.23 0.69	0.41
Ulcer + Normal saline	6	11.00 ± 2.55	7.33 ± 0.38	0.23	16.33 1.02	17.33 0.39	0.37
Ulcer + Thyroxine	6	14.67 ± 0.33	20.56 ± 1.56	0.02*	20.67 0.38	22.56 1.26	0.07
Ulcer + PTU	6	8.00 ± 1.06	11.78 ± 0.40	0.39	17.11 0.62	17.33 0.58	0.16

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