Table 1.

Body and ventricular weights

	Saline/Room Air		Lipopolysaccharide/O2
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Two-Way ANOVA Effects
Number of mice/group	16	12	25	17
Body weight, g	37 ± 1	34 ± 1	38 ± 1	35 ± 1	P = 0.008 effect of sex
LV/body weight, mg/g	2.91 ± 0.08	2.63 ± 0.15	2.90 ± 0.11	2.51 ± 0.13	P = 0.009 effect of sex
RV/body weight, mg/g	0.63 ± 0.03	0.61 ± 0.03	0.73 ± 0.03	0.67 ± 0.05	P = 0.033 effect of treatment
RV-to-LV ratio	0.22 ± 0.001	0.24 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.02	P = 0.015 effect of treatment

Values are means ± SE. LV, left ventricular; RA, right ventricular.