Table 1.

HR = heart rate; IVSd = diastolic interventricular septum thickness; LVIDs = systolic left ventricular internal dimension; LVIDd = diastolic left ventricular internal dimension; FS = left ventricular fractional shortening; LVM = left ventricular mass; LVPWd = diastolic left ventricular posterior wall thickness.

	Before CLP		After CLP
	Non-obese	Obese	Non-obese	Obese
HR (bpm)	442 ± 85	437 ± 24	325 ± 46*	430 ± 25#
IVSd (mm)	0.85 ± 0.1	0.78 ± 0.02	1 ±0.16	0.86 ± 0.15
LVIDs (mm)	2.53 ± 0.35	3.17 ± 0.41#	2.27 ± 0.85	2.54 ± 0.34*
LVIDd (mm)	4 ± 0.41	4.20 ± 0.35	3.51 ± 0.76	3.68 ± 0.4*
FS (%)	34 ±4	25 ± 5#	37 ± 10	31 ± 4*
LVM (mg)	96 ± 14.1	95.2 ± 14.8	91 ± 8	84 ± 7*
LVPWd (mm)	0.74 ± 0.07	0.73 ± 0.1	0.88 ± 0.23	0.77 ± 0.07

HR = heart rate; IVSd = diastolic interventricular septum thickness; LVIDs = systolic left ventricular internal dimension; LVIDd = diastolic left ventricular internal dimension; F5 = left ventricular fractional shortening; LVM = left ventricular mass; LVPWd = diastolic left ventricular posterior wall thickness;.

^#p<0.05 versus non-obese by t-test,

^*p<0.05 versus before CLP by paired t-test. n=8 mice/group.