Table 2.

Body characteristics.

Group	Initial BW (g)	Final BW (g)	HW	HW/BW
CS	231.8 ± 25.2	267.5 ± 22.0	0.86 ± 0.1 #	0.0032 ± 0.0004 $
CEX	227.2 ± 13.9	289.4 ± 16.5 *#	1.03 ± 0.1 ‡#$	0.0036 ± 0.0003 $
DIS	203.3 ± 24.8	173.3 ± 26.2 ‡	0.63 ± 0.15 ‡	0.0036 ± 0.0006 $
DIEX	205.0 ± 25.4	216.1 ± 89.9	0.88 ± 0.15 #	0.0043 ± 0.001

Values are expressed as mean ± SD. CS—non-diabetic control; CEX—non-diabetic exercise; DIS—sedentary diabetic; DIEX—diabetic exercise; BW—body weight; HW—heart weight; HW/BW—heart weight to body weight ratio. * Significant difference with initial body weight at p < 0.05. ‡ Significant difference with CS at p < 0.05. # Significant difference with DIS at p < 0.05. $ significant difference with DIEX.