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. 2021 Jul;32(7):1616–1629. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020071029

Table 1.

Biometric parameters of sham and nondiabetic rats with myocardial-induced HF treated with the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin or untreated

Biometric Parameters Sham, n=16 Sham + EMPA, n=20 HF, n=14 HF + EMPA, n=17
Body weight, g 450±10 403±10a 398±5a 406±9b
Tibia length, mm 41.2±0.3 40.4±0.3 40.5±0.2 40.7±0.4
LV/tibia, mg/mm 20.4±0.8 17.6±0.4a 20.1±0.5c 20.6±0.4d
RV/tibia, mg/mm 6.26±0.24 5.22±0.16 8.90±0.96e, f 6.39±0.30g
LV + RV/tibia, mg/mm 26.7±1.1 22.8±0.5a 29.0±1.1f 27.0±0.6d
Lung/tibia, mg/mm 32.2±1.5 31.8±1.1 44.7±3.3e, f 31.7±1.7g
Lung water content, % 78.3±0.4 77.9±0.4 80.6±0.2e, f 79.1±0.3g
LK + RK/tibia, mg/mm 64±1 67±1 58±1a, f 67±1g

The values represent individual measurements and the means ± SEM. EMPA, empagliflozin; LK, left kidney; RK, right kidney.

a

P=0.005 versus sham.

b

P=0.01 versus sham.

c

P=0.01 versus sham + EMPA.

d

P=0.002 versus sham + EMPA.

e

P<0.001 versus sham.

f

P<0.001 versus sham + EMPA.

g

P<0.001 versus HF.