Table 4. Echocardiographic analysis.

	Echocardiographic Analysis
	Control (n = 5)	Diabetic (n = 5)
LVFS	0.64±0.03	0.56±0.02*
LVDd (mm)	3.85±0.07	3.80±0.09
LVDs (mm)	1.38±0.12	1.67±0.13
IVSW (mm)	0.88±0.04	0.83±0.04
PW (mm)	0.91±0.03	0.87±0.03
LVm (mg)	133.50±7.20	121.20±6.60

Echocardiographic analysis was performed at 10 weeks of age. Values are means ± SEM; n, number of mice; IVSW, interventricular septal width; LVDd, left ventricular end diastolic diameter; LVDs, left ventricular end systolic diameter; LVFS, left ventricular fractional shortening; LVm, left ventricular mass; PW, posterior wall thickness.

^*P<0.001 between diabetic and control animals.