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Table 2 Echocardiographic structural data

From: Apocynin influence on oxidative stress and cardiac remodeling of spontaneously hypertensive rats with diabetes mellitus

 

SHR (n = 16)

SHR-APO (n = 16)

SHR-DM (n = 13)

SHR-DM-APO (n = 14)

LVDD/BW (mm/kg)

19.5 ± 1.87

20.4 ± 2.27

26.2 ± 5.04*

26.6 ± 4.71#

LA/BW (mm/kg)

17.3 ± 2.06

17.3 ± 2.14

20.5 ± 3.97*

21.1 ± 3.23#

PWT (mm)

1.69 ± 0.17

1.71 ± 0.19

1.63 ± 0.17

1.55 ± 0.16#

RWT

0.46 ± 0.06

0.45 ± 0.07

0.47 ± 0.07

0.46 ± 0.07

LVM/BW (g/kg)

2.34 ± 0.37

2.54 ± 0.57

2.89 ± 0.64*

2.70 ± 0.59

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. SHR spontaneously hypertensive rats; SHR-APO SHR treated with apocynin; SHR-DM diabetic SHR; SHR-DM-APO diabetic SHR treated with apocynin; LVDD left ventricular (LV) diastolic diameter; BW body weight; LA left atrial diameter; PWT LV posterior wall thickness; RWT relative wall thickness; LVM LV mass
  3. Two-factor ANOVA; * p < 0.05 vs SHR; # p < 0.05 vs SHR-APO
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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