Table 1

Ouabain-inhibitable Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase activity in preparations of aorta and caudal artery from control and diabetic rats

Artery	Animal	PNS activity^1-a	Membrane pellet activity^1-a
Aorta	Control (n= 6)	0.011 ± 0.005	0.15 ± 0.02
	Diabetic (n = 6)	0.012 ± 0.004	0.22 ± 0.02^1-b
Caudal	Control (n = 6)	0.005 ± 0.001	0.11 ± 0.01
	Diabetic (n = 6)	0.005 ± 0.001	0.13 ± 0.03

↵1-a μmol of P_i/min/mg of protein.
↵1-b Significantly different from corresponding control value (P < .05; two-way ANOVA followed by a Bonferroni post hoc test).