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. 2018 Mar 12;9:205. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00205

Table 1.

Whole body and organ weights for CON and MCT animals.

CON MCT
Animals (n) 6 6
Body weight (g) 359 ± 5.7 275 ± 8***
Heart Weight (g) 1.48 ± 0.06 1.63 ± 0.09
Lung Weight (g) 1.82 ± 0.03 3.26 ± 0.31***
HW:BW (mg/g) 4.13 ± 0.17 5.95 ± 0.38**
LungW:BW (mg/g) 5.07 ± 0.06 12.03 ± 1.40***

HW, heart weight; BW, body weight. MCT animals displayed cardiac hypertrophy and enlarged lungs, consistent with PAH.

***

P < 0.001,

**

P < 0.01,

*

P < 0.05, unpaired t-test.