Table 2.

Heart and body weights in sham and E-IH rats

Group	PreBW, g	PostBW, g	RV/T, g/g	RV/BW, g/kg	LV+S/BW, g/kg	Hct, %	n
Sham	253 ± 11	392 ± 10*	0.220 ± 0.007	0.531 ± 0.014	1.91 ± 0.04	42 ± 1	7
E-IH	244 ± 12	324 ± 12*†	0.244 ± 0.008‡	0.662 ± 0.048‡	2.03 ± 0.07	45 ± 1	8

Values are means ± SE; n = number of rats. PreBW and PostBW, body weight (BW) values before and after, respectively, exposure to sham or E-IH; RV, right ventricular weight; T, total ventricular weight; LV+S, left ventricle + septum weight.

^*P < 0.05 vs. preexposure value.

^†P < 0.05 vs. sham postexposure BW.

^‡P < 0.05 vs. sham.