Table 2.

Necropsy data in LC young, LC aging, and PUFA aging mice at baseline and at days 1 and 5 post-MI

	Day 0 Control Group			Day 1 Post-MI Group			Day 5 Post-MI Group
	LC young	LC aging	PUFA aging	LC young	LC aging	PUFA aging	LC young	LC aging	PUFA aging
n	9	3	3	9	4	4	8	9	6
LV mass, mg	90 ± 2	101 ± 2	88 ± 9	104 ± 4	104 ± 7	102 ± 5*	108 ± 3*	114 ± 3*	122 ± 4*
Tibia length, mm	18 ± 0.3	17 ± 0.1	17 ± 0.1	18 ± 0.1	17 ± 0.1	17 ± 0.7	18 ± 0.2	18 ± 0.2	17 ± 0.2
LV mass/tibia length	5 ± 0.3	5 ± 0.1	5 ± 0.3	5 ± 0.1	6 ± 0.3	6 ± 0.3	6 ± 0.2	6 ± 0.1	7 ± 0.1*†
RV mass, mg	18 ± 1	20 ± 3	21 ± 3	19 ± 1	20 ± 2	24 ± 1*†	20 ± 1	26 ± 1*	28 ± 2*†
RV/BW, mg/g	0.6 ± 0.3	0.6 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.1	0.8 ± 0.01*	0.9 ± 0.03*	0.8 ± 0.1*
Wet lung mass, mg	140 ± 25	157 ± 47	204 ± 10	160 ± 13	174 ± 17	204 ± 26*†	196 ± 13*	320 ± 30*	265 ± 26*
Wet lung mass/BW, mg/g	5 ± 2	5 ± 1	6 ± 1	5 ± 1	6 ± 1	6 ± 1	8 ± 1*	11 ± 1*	8 ± 1*

Data are means ± SE; n, number of mice/group.

LV, left ventricular; RV, right ventricular; BW, body weight.

^*P < 0.05 vs. the day 0 control group;

^†P < 0.05 vs. the LC aging group at the respective time point.