Table 2.

Biometric parameters of WT and TLR4^−/−mice treated with LPS or saline.

Parameter	WT	WT-LPS	TLR4−/−	TLR4−/−-LPS
Body weight (g)	24.1 ± 0.8	23.9 ± 0.7	24.1 ± 0.7	24.2 ± 0.8
Heart weight (mg)	132 ± 4	154 ± 7*	134 ± 4	139 ± 7#
Heart/body weight (mg/g)	5.50 ± 0.18	6.43 ± 0.31*	5.55 ± 0.17	5.75 ± 0.24#
Liver weight (g)	1.34 ± 0.05	1.52 ± 0.12*	1.33 ± 0.03	1.38 ± 0.05#
Liver/body weight (mg/g)	55.8 ± 2.0	63.5 ± 4.1*	54.9 ± 2.3	56.9 ± 3.0#

Mean ± SEM, n = 10–12 mice per group.

^*P  < 0.05 vs. WT group.

^#P < 0.05 vs. WT-LPS group.