Table 2. Curcumin (Cur) alleviated DM-induced left ventricular disfunction.

Group	Heart rate (bpm)	IVSD(mm)	LVEDD(mm)	LVESD(mm)	FS(%)	EF(%)
Control	378±11	1.32±0.07	2.78±0.12	1.53±0.12	45.1±2.5	82.4±2.3
DM	308±15*	1.88±0.11*	3.35±0.30	2.25±0.24*	33.1±3.8*	68.5±5.2*
DM+Cur100 mg/kg	330±13	1.36±0.08#	2.72±0.16	1.82±0.12	36.7±3.2	76.6±2.9
DM+Cur200 mg/kg	364±17#	1.35±0.08#	2.85±0.20	1.60±0.15#	44.0±2.8#	81.8±2.7#

IVSD, interventricular septal diastolic wall thickness; LVEDD, left ventricular end diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricular end systolic diameter; FS, fractional shortening = [(LVEDD-LVESD)/LVEDD] ×100%; EF, ejection fraction = [(LVEDD³-LVESD³)/LVEDD³] ×100%. Data are means ± SEM;

P<0.05 vs control group;

^# P<0.05 vs DM group; n = 6 per group.