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Table 2 Body weight and heart weight/body weight ratio of normal and hypertrophic heart rats

From: Remote preconditioning in normal and hypertrophic rat hearts

 

Normal heart rats n = 14

Hypertrophic heart rats n = 14

p

Body weight

219.8 ± 3.079 grams

222.9 ± 2.548 grams

0.444

Heart weight/body weight

0.004301 ± 0.0001466

0.006289 ± 0.0002148

< 0.0001*

  1. Body weight did not differ between normal and hypertrophic heart rats, while heart weight/body weight ratio was considerably different. Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM. The asterisk (*) means statistically significant, p < 0.05.
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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