Table 2.

Indexes of cardiac hypertrophy and coronary vascular density in room air- and cigarette smoke-exposed animals

	Room Air	Cigarette Smoke
Ventricular hypertrophy
Body wt, g	31.46 ± 0.91	26.99 ± 0.76*
RV, mg	40.18 ± 2.31	31.50 ± 2.41*
LVS, mg	102.62 ± 3.41	90.32 ± 21.2*
RV/LVS	0.39 ± 0.02	0.35 ± 0.03
RV/body wt	1.28 ± 0.04	1.19 ± 0.10
LVS/body wt	3.30 ± 0.11	3.40 ± 0.06
Coronary microvessel density, vessels/mm2
RV	1583.20 ± 78.60	1676.20 ± 112.80
LV	2010.80 ± 82.90	1969.90 ± 120.60

Values are means ± SE; n = 5–9 for heart body wt, and n = 6–8 for histological analysis. S, septum.

^*P < 0.05.