Table 1. Systolic BP and cardiac function of the RTEF-/- compared with the control littermates.

		WT	RTEF-/-	p value	WT p value	RTEF-/- p value
					NCD vs HFD	NCD vs HFD
Body weight (g)	NCD	28.4 ± 3.1	30 ± 1.1	0.23
	HFD	37.2 ± 3.8	38.45 ± 2.6	0.43	0.0008	0.006
Body composition
Lean mass	NCD	68.2 ± 5.2	69.72 ± 6	0.62
	HFD	55.7 ± 5.4	49.81 ± 5.8	0.65	0.001	0.002
Fat mass	NCD	12.2 ± 5.7	11.72 ± 7.1	0.41
	HFD	29.9 ± 8.9	36.87 ± 6.6	0.52	0.0007	0.0002
Heart Rate (bpm)	NCD	674.9 ± 55.7	704.8 ± 38.2	0.08
	HFD	711.9 ± 32.6	736.7 ± 25.8*	0.03	0.12	0.0007
Systolic BP (mmHg)	NCD	99.7 ± 3	109.1 ± 7	0.07
	HFD	106.5 ± 5	111 ± 6	0.32	0.04	0.88
% FS	NCD	51.0 ± 3.6	50 ± 1.4	0.57
	HFD	45.8 ± 2.9	37.5 ± 6.2**	0.01	0.02	0.001
LVDd	NCD	2.61 ± 0.1	3.21 ± 0.2**	0.01
	HFD	3.5 ± 0.3	3.53 ± 0.2	0.11	0.89	0.07
LVDs	NCD	1.27 ± 0.04	1.58 ± 0.06*	0.04
	HFD	2.2 ± 0.03	1.64 ± 0.1**	0.0008	0.06	0.08
IVSd + LVPWd	NCD	1.48 ± 0.06	1.44 ± 0.1	0.56
Total Wall Thickness	HFD	1.3 ± 0.1	1.15 ± 0.2	0.74	0.04	0.04
IVSs	NCD	1.6 ± 0.03	1.37 ± 0.08*	0.03
	HFD	1.3 ± 0.04	1.1 ± 0.1**	0.01	0.00002	0.02
LVPWS	NCD	1.3 ± 0.1	1.2 ± 0.1	0.6
	HFD	1.0 ± 0.05	0.83 ± 0.09**	0.01	0.23	0.54