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Table 1 Adipose tissue and heart weights

From: Preserved endothelium-dependent dilatation of the coronary microvasculature at the early phase of diabetes mellitus despite the increased oxidative stress and depressed cardiac mechanical function ex vivo

 

ZL

ZDF

Mesenteric AT

1.77 ± 0.09

4.94 ± 0.22*

Retroperitoneal AT

1.04 ± 0.07

4.56 ± 0.13*

Visceral AT

2.81 ± 0.02

9.50 ± 0.32*

Abdominal AT

3.85 ± 0.22

14.06 ± 0.43*

Abdominal AT/BW

0.013 ± 0.001

0.039 ± 0.001*

Heart

203 ± 12

200 ± 6

Heart weight/BW (mg/g)

0.68 ± 0.03

0.55 ± 0.02*

  1. The number of experiments was 11 and 10 for the ZL and ZDF groups respectively. The weight of mesenteric, retroperitoneal, visceral and abdominal adipose tissues is expressed in g of wet weight. The abdominal adipose tissue weight normalized to the body weight is expressed in g of wet weight per g of body weight. The heart weight is expressed in mg of dry weight. The heart-to-body weight ratio is expressed in mg of dry weight per g of body weight. ZL: Zucker lean rats; ZDF: Zucker diabetic fatty rats; AT: adipose tissue; BW: body weight; *: significantly different.