Table 2.

Study group characteristics in alcoholic cardiomyopathy

Variable	Pair-fed	EtOH 10d	EtOH 10d 1B	EtOH 20d	EtOH 20d 2B	EtOH 40d	EtOH 40d 4B
Body weight, g	26.3 ± 0.4	25.0 ± 0.07	26.1 ± 0.7	26.3 ± 0.08	26.6 ± 0.5	27.8 ± 0.6	26.4 ± 0.6
Heart weight/tibia length, mg/mm	6.5 ± 0.1	6.9 ± 0.02	6.4 ± 0.2	6.7 ± 0.5	6.2 ± 0.5	7.3 ± 0.1	6.6 ± 0.2
Heart weight/body weight, mg/g	5.0 ± 0.1	5.4 ± 0.2	4.6 ± 0.1#	4.8 ± 0.4	4.4 ± 0.3	4.9 ± 0.1	4.8 ± 0.1
Tibial length, mm	19.3 ± 0.3	18.8 ± 0.3	18.9 ± 0.1	18.9 ± 0.2	18.9 ± 0.3	19.0 ± 0.4	19.0 ± 0.3
Heart rate, beats/min	599 ± 10	616 ± 7	490 ± 13*#	608 ± 10	511 ± 18*#	623 ± 12	504 ± 19*#

Values are means ± SE. The table shows the basic characteristic of the study groups. Groups: Pair-fed (isocalorically fed with Lieber-DeCarli control liquid diet), ethanol (EtOH) Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet containing 5% (vol/vol) EtOH for 10 days (EtOH 10d); for 20 days (EtOH 20d); for 40 days (EtOH 40d); liquid diet containing 5% (vol/vol) EtOH for 10 days and binge feeding on day 11 with 5 g/kg body wt EtOH solution (EtOH 10d 1B); for 20 days combined with binge feeding on days 11 and 21 with 5 g/kg body wt EtOH solution (EtOH 20d 2B); for 40 days combined with binge feeding on days 11, 21, 31, and 41 with 5 g/kg body wt EtOH solution (EtOH 40d 4B).

^*P < 0.05 vs. Pair-fed;

^#P < 0.05 vs. corresponding chronic EtOH-fed group.