Table 1.

Mortality data and final animal characteristics.

	CON	Lard	HLSO
Mortality data
Terminal HF, incidence	10/13 (77%)	13/13 (100%)	11/16 (68%)
HF mortality, age	23.5 ± 0.4	22.2 ± 1.5	25.0 ± 0.6*†
All cause mortality, age	23.3 ± 0.3	22.2 ± 1.5	24.6 ± 0.5*†
Morphology
Initial BW, g	426 ± 10	448 ± 6	457 ± 8
Final BW, g	369 ± 21	369 ± 6	395 ± 8
Change in BW, % of initial	−13 ± 3	−15 ± 1	−13 ± 1
Heart weight, g	2.52 ± 0.15	2.05 ± 0.04*	2.06 ± 0.02*
Heart/Brain weight, g/g	1.24 ± 0.07	1.07 ± 0.02*	1.02 ± 0.01*
Lung weight, g	2.76 ± 0.21	2.45 ± 0.08	3.03 ± 0.07

Data are means ± standard error. Age data are in months. BW, body weight; HF, heart failure;

^*P < 0.05 vs. CON;

^†P < 0.05 vs. HLSO or Lard;