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Table 1 Morphological and Isolated heart study data

From: Lipid damage is the best marker of oxidative injury during the cardiac remodeling process induced by tobacco smoke

 

C Group

n = 8

ETS Group

n = 8

P value

LVW/BW (mg/g)

1.94 ± 0.25

2.07 ± 0.16

0.053

RVW/BW (mg/g)

0.48 (0.43–0.55)

0.54 (0.45–0.96)

0.328

Lung weight/BW

3.97 (3.85–4.07)

5.13 (4.82–5.54)

< 0.001

Liver weight/BW

31.1 ± 3.2

30.1 ± 3.2

0.543

-dP/dt (mmHg)a

1896 ± 161

1958 ± 129

0.476

+dP/dt (mmHg)a

2521 ± 290

2563 ± 190

0.774

Developed pressure (mmHg)a

104.6 ± 6.8

108.3 ± 10.5

0.488

  1. C control animals, ETS animals exposed to tobacco smoke, BW body weight, LVW left ventricular weight, RVW right ventricular weight, -dP/dt the maximum left ventricular pressure decrease rate, +dP/dt the maximum left ventricular pressure development rate
  2. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD or medians (including the lower quartile and upper quartile)
  3. asample size n = 6 for C group and ETS group