Table 1.

Basic characteristics of C57BL/6J mice

	Control (n = 22)	IH (n =16)
Age, wk	36	36
Body weight, g	35.3 ± 1.2	27.6 ± 1.2***
Epididymal fat, g	0.536 ± 0.052	0.449 ± 0.023
Epididymal fat/body weight, %	1.73 ± 0.16	1.70 ± 0.08
Heart weight, g	0.134 ± 0.003	0.122 ± 0.003**
Heart weight/body weight, %	0.390 ± 0.014	0.440 ± 0.006**
LV + septum weight, g	0.105 ± 0.002	0.094 ± 0.003**
LV + septum/heart weight, %	78.3 ± 0.7	77.0 ± 1.0
LV + septum/body weight, %	0.30 ± 0.01	0.34 ± 0.01*
RV weight, g	0.029 ± 0.001	0.028 ± 0.001
RV/heart weight, %	21.7 ± 0.7	23.0 ± 1.0
RV/body weight, %	0.09 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.005*
Hematocrit, %	44.4 ± 1.2	50.8 ± 0.5***

Values are means ± SE.

IH, intermittent hypoxia; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle.

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01, and

^***P < 0.0001.