Table 1.

Heart weights and lipid content. Heart weights and cardiac triglyceride and cholesterol content were measured. Data reported as mean ± SE. Results of ANOVA, followed by post hoc t-tests.

Group	Heart weight (g)	Heart triglycerides (mg)	Heart cholesterol (mg)
Control (n = 30)	0.125 ± 0.002	0.68 ± 0.16	0.68 ± 0.07
HFD (n = 19)	0.145 ± 0.006**	1.40 ± 0.22∗‡	0.54 ± 0.16
db/db (n = 7)	0.143 ± 0.002*	2.73 ± 0.32**	3.71 ± 1.06**
ob/ob (n = 22)	0.157 ± 0.006**	2.87 ± 0.35∗∗§§	5.89 ± 1.99∗∗§

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared with the control group. ^‡P < 0.01 (HFD versus db/db); ^§P < 0.05, ^§§P < 0.01 (HFD versus ob/ob).