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Table 1 General characteristics of fructose-fat fed rats (FFFR) and control rats

From: Diet-induced pre-diabetes slows cardiac conductance and promotes arrhythmogenesis

 

FFFR

n

Control

n

P-value

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

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SEM
  2. FFA free fatty acids, ww wet weight, NS non-significant
  3. aan unpaired t-test with Welch’s correction was performed, due to significantly different variances in the two groups