Table 1. Ponderal data from SHAM, Ovariectomized and Ovariectomized plus Carvedilol: BW, body weight (n = 7–9); LV/BW, left ventricle body weight ratio (n = 9–10); Uterus/BW, uterus body weight ratio (n = 8–10); Tibia length (n = 7–10); LV/Tibia, left ventricle tibia ratio (n = 14–19) and papillary muscle weight (n = 7–9).

	SHAM	OVX	OVX+CAR
BW (g)	255±5	317±7*	294±3.6*#
LV (g)	0.52±0.01	0.63±0.02*	0.54±0.01#
LV/BW (mg/g)	2±0.02	1.94±0.05*	1.84±0.032*
Uterus/BW	2.51±0.25	0.9±0.06*	0.62±0.03*
Tibia (mm)	38.0±0.43	38.6±0.35	38±0.18
LV/Tibia (mg/mm)	14±0.22	15.5±0.4*	14.6±0.3#
Papillary Muscle (mg)	5±0.35	5.92±0.5	6.96±1.3

Data are shown as mean ± SEM.

^*p<0.05 versus Sham and #p<0.05 versus OVX.

ANOVA one way and Tukey test.