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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 25.
Published in final edited form as: Pflugers Arch. 2007 Jul 19;455(3):431–442. doi: 10.1007/s00424-007-0307-2

Table 2.

Parameters of hypothyroid (HYPO) and control (CT) rats

CT
n=16		 HYPO
n=8
Plasma T3 (pmol/L) 5.32±0.40 1.99±0.26***
Body weight, BW (g) 434±10 232±7***
Weight gain for 3 weeks (g) 180±14 8.9±6.9***
Heart weight, HW (g) 1.17±0.04 0.61±0.01***
HW/BW (mg/g) 2.70±0.08 2.65±0.06
HW/Tibia length (mg/cm) 0.289±0.01 0.174±0.005***
mmRNA expression (AU)
SERCA2A 0.95±0.06 0.52±0.04***
D2 0.68±0.09 1.03±0.06**

Values are means ± S.E.M. SERCA: sarco-endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase; D2: deiodinase 2.

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001 versus CT.