[Retracted] Effects of Self-Made Prescription Compound Rhodiola on the Ultrastructure of Podocytes in Rats with Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathy

Table 2

Number of podocytes, the width of the podocyte, the fusion rate of the podocyte, and the thickness of the GBM between the models in each group ().

Group	Number of podocytes	Width of the podocyte (um)	Fusion rate of the podocyte (%)	Average thickness of GBM (um)
DN group	1.2 ± 0.51	0.855 ± 0.034	65.8 ± 3.3	0.78 ± 0.11
Low-dose group	4.0 ± 0.34	0.391 ± 0.023	56.25 ± 7.8	0.51 ± 0.04
Medium-dose group	9.3 ± 0.27	0.282 ± 0.021	21.21 ± 5.4	0.32 ± 0.12
High-dose group	8.2 ± 0.24	0.311 ± 0.032	29.32 ± 1.8	0.40 ± 0.22

DN: diabetic nephropathy; GBM: glomerular basement membrane. , compared with the DN group; , compared with the low-dose group.