. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2007 Jan 9;42(3):678–686. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2007.01.001

Table 3.

Pathological findings

	C6	C15	E6	H6	H15
Body weight (g)	211 (+/− 7)	225 (+/− 2)	224 (+/− 2)	227 (+/− 1)	198 (+/− 3)^*
Heart weight (g)	0.75 (+/− 0.01)	0.77 (+/− 0.01)	0.92 (+/− 0.01)^*	1.09 (+/− 0.03)^*	1.48 (+/− 0.12)^#
Lung weight (g)	1.5 (+/− 0.1)	1.5 (+/− 0.1)	1.5 (+/− 0.1)	1.3 (+/− 0.1)	2.4 (+/− 0.6)^*
Liver weight (g)	6.8 (+/− 0.1)	7.0 (+/− 0.1)	8.0 (+/− 0.5)	10.2 (+/− 0.4)^*	10.6 (+/− 0.4)^*
TL (mm)	32 (+/− 0.7)	35 (+/− 1.0)	33 (+/− 1.0)	36 (+/− 0.3)^*	37 (+/− 0.3)^*
HW/BW (mg/g)	3.5 (+/− 0.1)	3.4 (+/− 0.1)	4.1 (+/− 0.1)^*	4.8 (+/− 0.2)^*	7.4 (+/− 0.7)^#
HW/TL (mg/mm)	23.3 (+/− 0.5)	21.9 (+/− 0.3)	28.4 (+/− 1.0)^*	30.6 (+/− 0.9) ^*	40.5 (+/− 3.0)^#

C6=control at 6 weeks, C12=control at 12 weeks, E6=exercise for 6 weeks, H6=HS diet for 6 weeks, H15=HS diet for 15 weeks. TL=tibial length, HW/BW=heart weight to body weight ratio, HW/TL=heart weight to tibial length ratio.

p<0.05,

p<0.01; N=4.