Table 1.

Cardiomyocyte-specific knockout of the VDR gene results in left ventricular hypertrophy. Body weight (BW), left ventricular weight (LVW), LVW/BW and heart rate (HR) measurements (n=8–12 per group).

Animal	BW (g)	LVW (mg)	LVW/BW (mg/g)	HR (bpm)
C	39.1 ± 7.0	105.7 ± 8.1	2.69 ± 0.21	679.7 ± 147.0
M(−/ −)	38.5 ± 3.5	121.8 ± 12.3** #	3.16 ± 0.27** #	676.7 ± 91.7
ISO	40.4 ± 4.2	132.1 ± 11.8** #	3.27 ± 0.20** #	686.3 ± 42.0
M(−/−) + ISO	40.3 ± 2.8	150.3 ± 9.1**	3.78 ± 0.37**	737.0 ± 56.0

^**P<0.01 vs. Control;

^#P<0.05 vs. M(−/−) + ISO group