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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 May 2;294(6):H2889–H2897. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.91501.2007

Table 2.

Mk hearts and myocytes are enlarged

Age, days Body weight, g Heart Weight, mg Heart Weight/Body Weight Myocyte Length, μm
FVB 138±2 29.9±0.6 132.7±3.3 4.44±0.07 126±3
Mk 131±4 29.8±0.6 155.3±2.5* 5.21±0.08* 151±3*

Values are means ± SE; n = 13 male Mk mice and 27 male FVB mice. Myocyte length was the average of 52 myocytes from 4 mice/group.

*

P < 0.001 by Student’s t-test.