Table 1. General characteristics of WT and ALDH2 mice fed starch or sucrose diet.

	WT-Starch	WT-Sucrose	ALDH2-Starch	ALDH2-Sucrose
Body Weight (g)	28.8 ± 0.6	30.9 ± 1.1	30.1 ± 0.8	31.2 ± 0.8
Heart Weight (mg)	130 ± 3	141 ± 3	127 ± 4	138 ± 4
Heart/Body Weight (mg/g)	4.53 ± 0.15	4.57 ± 0.13	4.24 ± 0.10	4.44 ± 0.05
Liver Weight (g)	1.19 ± 0.04	1.24 ± 0.04	1.21 ± 0.04	1.25 ± 0.05
Kidney Weight (g)	0.35 ± 0.02	0.37 ± 0.01	0.34 ± 0.01	0.34 ± 0.01
Heart Rate (bpm)	473 ± 12	467 ± 7	476 ± 12	474 ± 16
LV Wall Thickness (mm)	0.96 ± 0.08	0.95 ± 0.05	0.89 ± 0.08	0.93 ± 0.07
LVEDD (mm)	2.33 ± 0.16	2.49 ± 0.11	2.26 ± 0.13	2.25 ± 0.13
LVESD (mm)	1.04 ± 0.12	1.55 ± 0.19*	0.91 ± 0.11	0.95 ± 0.10#
Fractional Shortening (%)	54.6 ± 1.5	43.0 ± 2.1*	56.6 ± 1.5	53.3 ± 3.1#

LV, left ventricular; EDD, end-diastolic diameter; ESD, end-systolic diameter, Mean ± SEM, n = 6-7 mice per group,

^*p < 0.05 vs. WT-Starch group,

^#p < 0.05 vs. WT-Sucrose group.