In vitro and in vivo tenocyte-protective effectiveness of dehydroepiandrosterone against high glucose-induced oxidative stress

Table 2 Tendon pathological scores

	Mean control (SD)	Mean DHEA (SD)	p-value *
Fiber structure	0.89 (0.60)	0.74 (0.57)	0.21
Fiber arrangement	0.91 (0.54)	0.83 (0.60)	0.47
Nuclear morphological changes (rounding)	0.67 (0.59)	0.52 (0.50)	0.19
Regional variations in cellularity	0.45 (0.49)	0.39 (0.49)	0.53

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