Table 2.

Physical, & Biochemical Characteristics of 12 Week Old Mice

Measurement	E+ (n = 32)	E+chol (n = 22)	E− (n = 15)	E−chol (n = 10)
Body Weight (g)	22.4 ± 0.5	21.9 ± 0.5	22.9 ± 0.8	26.5 ± 0.6**
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)	153 ± 21	306 ± 40	1175 ± 107**	2154 ± 223**
HDL Cholesterol §	60 ± 21	80 ± 19	17 ± 9	38 ± 17
Cardiac Mass Index (mg heart/g body)	5.3 ± .2	5.0 ±.2	6.3 ± .3 **	5.5 ± .1
Arteriolar density (#/mm2)	102 ± 3		99 ± 10
Capillary density (#/mm2)	690 ± 114		661 ± 122
Citrate Synthase (µg/min/g muscle)	34 ± 1	34 ± 1	32 ± 1	34 ± 2
Basal Urinary NOx (pM/mg creatinine)	279± 65	289± 51	187 ± 26	200 ± 40
Post-Exercise Urinary NOx (pM/mg creatinine)	429 ± 105	354 ± 40	165 ± 20 **	140 ± 40 **
Aortic NOxActivity (pM/mm aorta)	1139 ± 253	937 ± 104	419 ± 106	532 ± 84
RQe	1.00 ± .01	0.99 ± .02	1.00 ± .02	0.99 ± .01

Values are mean ± SE.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01 vs. E⁺,

^§based on smaller n