From: Diet-induced pre-diabetes slows cardiac conductance and promotes arrhythmogenesis
 | FFFR | n | Control | n | P-value |
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Body mass (g) | 393 ± 5.9 | 44 | 366 ± 4.9 | 44 | <0.001 |
Heart weight (g) | 1.16 ± 0.04 | 11 | 1.10 ± 0.06 | 11 | ns |
Fasting blood glucose (mM) | 4.2 ± 0.10 | 44 | 3.8 ± 0.08 | 44 | <0.01 |
Fasting insulin (pmol/L) | 98.8 ± 17 | 15 | 35.0 ± 5.9 | 11 | <0.01 |
Fasting plasma cholesterol (mM) | 2.1 ± 0.12 | 12 | 2.2 ± 0.08 | 12 | ns |
Fasting plasma glycerol (mM) | 0.30 ± 0.02 | 12 | 0.25 ± 0.03 | 12 | ns |
Fasting plasma triglyceride (mM) | 1.2 ± 0.15 | 12 | 0.72 ± 0.06 | 12 | <0.05a |
Fasting plasma FFA (mM) | 0.32 ± 0.02 | 12 | 0.38 ± 0.03 | 12 | ns |
Cardiac cholesterol (nmol/mg ww) | 3.3 ± 0.23 | 12 | 2.8 ± 0.23 | 12 | ns |
Cardiac triglyceride (nmol/mg ww) | 1.9 ± 0.19 | 12 | 0.77 ± 0.13 | 12 | <0.0001 |