Table 1.
Characteristics of rhesus macaques in the control, HCM, and OCD groups
| Group | P | |||||||
| Overall | Control | HCM | OCD | Overall | Control compared with HCM | Control compared with OCD | HCM compared with OCD | |
| Sex (male/female) | 67/83 | 52/69 | 10/10 | 5/4 | 0.67 | |||
| Age (y) | 6.6 (3.7–12.6) | 5.7 (3.6–10.9) | 12.8 (6.9–16) | 11.6 (6.7 –16) | 0.0001a | 0.0005a | 0.07 | >0.99 |
| Body weight (kg) | 8.1 (6.1–10.4) | 8.1 (6.1–10.3) | 11.4 (9.8–14.7) | 12.9 (9.6–14) | 0.0001a | <0.0001a | 0.009a | >0.99 |
| BCS (0 to 5) | 3.0 (3–3.4) | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 3.8 ± 0.9 | 3.6 ± 0.7 | 0.0001a | <0.0001a | 0.063 | 0.72 |
| Heart rate (bpm) | 120 (100–121) | 115 ± 22 | 128 ± 24 | 130 ± 24 | 0.015a | 0.051 | 0.12 | 0.96 |
| Respiratory rate (breaths per minute) | 36 (24–36) | 32 (28–36) | 30 (24–36) | 36 (24–36) | 0.5 | |||
BCS, body condition score; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; OCD, other cardiac disease
Parameters were first compared among the control, HCM, and OCD groups; when parameters were significantly different overall, they then were compared between groups.
a
P < 0.05.