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Published in final edited form as: Exp Physiol. 2015 Jun 15;100(7):776–795. doi: 10.1113/EP085066

Table 3.

Body weights, heart weights, lung weights, and left ventricular (LV) mass in C57BL/6 and Sgcd−/− mice at 10 and 75 weeks of age.

Measurements	C57BL/6 Mice		Sgcd−/− Mice
	10 wks (n=9)	75 wks (n=8)	10 wks (n=8)	75 wks (n=7)
Body Wt (g)	21±3	29.3±2^†	20±4	23±2^*
Heart Wt (mg)	117±1.7	175±3.8^†	104±1.4	189±0.4^*^†
Heart Wt/Body Wt (mg/g)	5.6±0.8	6.0±0.6	5.2±1.0	8.2±1.2^*^†
Lung Wt/Body Wt (mg/g)	6.4±1.0	7.3±0.8	6.9±1.3	7.8±1.1
LV Mass/Body Wt (mg/g)	3.1±1.1	3.4±0.9	3.0±0.7	5.4±0.2^*^†

^*

Sgcd−/− vs. C57BL/6, P<0.05

^†

75 wks vs. 10 wks, P<0.05

LV mass calculated from echocardiograms.