. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Pathol. 2010 Nov 16;20(5):e189–e195. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.09.007

Table 1.

General data

Groups	N	Body Wt1 (g)	Body Wt Changes (g)	Heart Wt (mg)	Heart Wt/Body Wt2 ratio
Female
Sham	15	232.3 (12.6)	20.6 (11.0)	881 (85)	3.5 (0.3)
MI	15	226.3 (9.6)	22.4 (18.4)	1032 (131)	4.2 (0.7)
Male
Sham	14	307.0 (25.9)^**^‡	57.0 (20.5)	1180 (137)	3.2 (0.3)
MI	17	305.9 (25.7)^**^‡	57.5 (18.1)	1289 (109)	3.6 (0.3)

Data presented as means (SD).

N, number of rats; Body Wt1, body weight before surgery; Body Wt changes, body weight changes=body Wt2-body Wt1; Body Wt2, body weight before sacrifice; Heart Wt, heart weight; Heart Wt/Body Wt2 ratio, heart weight/body weight before sacrifice.

^**

p<0.01 vs. Female Sham

^‡

p<0.01 vs. Female MI (one-way ANOVA).