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. 2012 Mar 30;7(3):e34402. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034402

Table 1. Body mass, organ mass, and LV dimensions.

Control DHA ARA DHA+ARA
Group size: 15 14 15 15
Terminal Body Mass (g) 501±11 500±6 502±9 505±9
LV Mass (g) 0.895±0.021 0.917±0.017 0.902±0.020 0.938±0.024
LV/Tibia length (g/cm) 0.22±0.01 0.23±0.00 0.22±0.01 0. 23±0.01
RV Mass (g) 0.262±0.011 0.267±0.004 0.268±0.004 0.269±0.008
Biatrial Mass (g) 0.083±0.003 0.091±0.006 0.092±0.005 0.083±0.003
Liver Mass (g) 13.6±0.6 12.5±0.3 13.3±0.4 14.1±0.5
Mitochondrial Yield (mg mito protein/g wet wt) 14.57±0.69 14.17±0.64 14.42±0.86 15.52±1.00
End-systolic diameter (mm) 0.77±0.01 0.76±0.02 0.77±0.02 0.81±0.02
End-diastolic diameter (mm) 0.43±0.02 0.43±0.01 0.43±0.02 0.48±0.02
Fractional shortening 0.45±0.02 0.43±0.02 0.44±0.02 0.41±0.05
Ejection fraction (%) 83.0±1.4 81.3±1.5 81.9±1.8 79.2±1.4
Malonaldehydes+Hydroxyalkenals (nmols/mg protein) 0.56±0.04 0.58±0.04 0.53±0.03 0.68±0.04*

Data are the mean ± SEM. LV, left ventricle. RV, right ventricle.

*

p<0.05 vs CTRL.

p<0.05 vs ARA.