Table 1. Effect of chronic hypoxia on mouse morphometrics and heart mitochondrial content.

	Control mice (n = 7)	CH mice (n = 6)
BW (g)	30.7±0.8	27.6±1.4*
HW (mg)	132±9	167±6**
RVW (mg)	26±3	68±5**
LVW (mg)	111±17	101±5*
HW/BW (x1000)	4.3±0.3	6.1±0.3**
CS activity (nmol/min/g)	140.5±13.9	115.3±13.7**

BW: Body weight. HW: Heart weight. RVW: Right ventricle weight. LVW: Left ventricle weight. CS: Citrate Synthase.

*p<0.05 and **p<0.01 between Control and CH mice.