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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Basic Res Cardiol. 2013 Jul 16;108(5):10.1007/s00395-013-0370-0. doi: 10.1007/s00395-013-0370-0

Table 1.

Phenotypic characteristics of lean and obese Ossabaw swine

Lean Obese
Body weight (kg) 47 ± 2 72 ± 3*
Heart wt./body wt. (×100) 0.37 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.03
Glucose (mg/dl) 75 ± 3 87 ± 5*
Insulin (μU/ml) 21 ± 4 30 ± 8
HOMA index 3.9 ± 0.8 6.2 ± 1.2
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 85 ± 6 439 ± 74*
LDL/HDL ratio 1.6 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.4*
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 41 ± 5 70 ± 15

Values are mean ± SE for lean (n = 7) and obese (n = 5) swine

*

P < 0.05 vs. lean