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. 2021 Mar 17;12:582223. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.582223

TABLE 6.

Body weight, left ventricular weight and left ventricular body weight ratio in the control, untreated MI, and pre-treated MI groups.

Control Untreated MI Lipoic acid Zinc Clopidogrel
(25) (16) (24) (24) (25)
BW (g) 190.95 ± 3.78 185.52 ± 4.07 178.20 ± 4.65a 174.80 ± 4.33a 181.33 ± 4.11
LV (mg) 290.60 ± 19.85 322.00 ± 24.65 278.53 ± 14.07 286.66 ± 31.19 370.76 ± 29.11a
LV/BW (mg/g) 1.54 ± 0.11 1.75 ± 0.14 1.59 ± 0.11 1.64 ± 0.17 2.03 ± 0.14a

Values are represented as mean ± SEM. The number of observations is given in parentheses. MI, myocardial infarction; BW, body weight; LV, left ventricular weight; LV/BW, left ventricular body weight ratio. aSignificance of differences from control group calculated by Student’s t-test for unpaired data at p < 0.05.