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. 2020 Feb 8;19:13. doi: 10.1186/s12933-020-0994-y

Table 1.

Animal characteristics

Sham + control Sham + empa MI + vehicle MI + empa
Body weight (g) 288 ± 4 267 ± 2* 271 ± 3* 257 ± 2*,†
Haemoglobin (g/L) 131 ± 7 144 ± 3* 143 ± 2* 150 ± 3
Plasma sodium (mmol/L) 126 ± 2 128 ± 3 131 ± 1* 133 ± 1
HbA1c (%) 4.8 ± 0.2 5.0 ± 0.1 4.7 ± 0.1 4.9 ± 0.1
HW indexed to tibial length (mg/mm) 18.1 ± 0.4 17.2 ± 0.3 18.9 ± 0.6 16.7 ± 0.3
Lung weight indexed to tibial length (mg/mm) 25 ± 1 25 ± 1 31 ± 3 24 ± 1

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM

N = 13–15 in sham Control and sham + Empagliflozin groups; N = 20 and 20 in MI Control and MI + Empagliflozin groups, respectively

Empa empagliflozin, LV weight/TL Left ventricular weight/tibial length, LW/TL lung weight/tibial length ratio

* p < 0.05 vs. sham control group

p < 0.05 vs. MI control group