Table 4. Animal characteristics of Ovx animals treated with 17beta-estradiol (E2) at the end of the protocol.

BW: body weight and TL: tibial length. Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM. Group comparisons were made using Student’s T-test.

Parameters	ShOvx + E2 (n = 6)	AROvx + E2 (n = 8)	p-value
Body weight, g	342 ± 8	320 ± 11	0.096
Tibial length, mm	48 ± 0.3	48 ± 0.3	0.69
Heart, mg	870 ± 26	1,223 ± 39	<0.0001
Heart/BW, mg/g	2.5 ± 0.07	3.9 ± 0.10	<0.0001
Heart/TL, mg/mm	18.0 ± 0.5	25.6 ± 0.7	<0.0001
Left ventricle, mg	650 ± 20	973 ± 24	<0.0001
Left atria, mg	21 ± 1	34 ± 3	<0.0001
Lungs, mg	1.5 ± 0.1	1.6 ± 0.1	0.89
Uterus, mg	37 ± 2.3	40 ± 3.1	0.55