Table 2.

Left and right ventricular weights of control rats and rats from the three diabetic groups not treated with captopril

		Diabetic
	Control	3 week	6 week	9 week	P
Left ventricular wt (g)	0.663 ± 0.01d	0.645 ± 0.01d	0.615 ± 0.02	0.555 ± 0.03a,b	0.012
Right ventricular wt (g)	0.21 ± 0.004d	0.208 ± 0.005d	0.188 ± 0.006	0.176 ± 0.006a,b	0.002
Left ventricular wt/body wt (%)	0.189 ± 0.002c,d	0.193 ± 0.001c,d	0.218 ± 0.003a,b,d	0.236 ± 0.003a,b,c	< 0.001
Right ventricular wt/body wt (%)	0.06 ± 0.001c,d	0.062 ± 0.001c,d	0.066 ± 0.001a,b,d	0.075 ± 0.0004a,b,c	< 0.001

Details as for Table 1. Data are means ± s.e.m.; n = 4.