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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Physiol. 2013 Nov 8;99(2):454–465. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.075838

Table 1.

Pig characteristics

Variable Control (n=5) FH-SED (n=15) FH-EX (n=15)
total cholesterol (mg/dl) 77.6 ± 4.8 327.4 ± 20.0* 358.0 ± 19.1*
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 13.2 ± 3.0 53.3 ± 6.0* 53.0 ± 5.7*
Glucose (mg/dl) 127.8 ± 19.0 112.1 ± 7.9 115.9 ± 7.9
heart weight (g) 283.4 ± 16.4 228.6 ± 6.9* 260.9 ± 11#
body weight(kg) 72.0 ± 2.0 66.8 ± 2.9 63.1 ± 2.7*
heart wght:bd wght(g/kg) 3.9 ± 0.2 3.5 ± 0.1 4.1 ± 0.1#
citrate synthase activity of the medial head of the triceps brachii (μmol/min/g) N/A 12.32 ± 0.58 15.47 ± 0.76#
*

P < 0.05 vs. control

#

P < 0.05 vs. FH-SED

Control refers to standard breed farm pigs