Table 1 Baseline characteristics in male and female mice

From: Estrogen attenuates coupling factor 6-induced salt-sensitive hypertension and cardiac systolic dysfunction in mice

 

Male mice

Female mice

 

WT normal-salt (n=5)

WT high-salt (n=5)

TG normal-salt (n=6)

TG high-salt (n=6)

WT normal-salt (n=5)

WT high-salt (n=5)

TG normal-salt (n=5)

TG high-salt (n=6)

BW (g)

31.1±0.8

30.4±1.8

30.4±1.6

30.1±1.6

22.2±0.2*

22.4±0.8*

22.2±1.0*

23.2±1.4*

Heart rate (b.p.m.)

629±107

554±89

571±126

630±75

653±51

652±56

619±94

665±77

Echocardiogram

 LVEDD (mm)

3.78±0.15

4.14±0.25

3.63±0.22

3.67±0.26

3.41±0.88

3.60±0.47

3.14±0.45

3.65±0.31

 IVST (mm)

0.72±0.09

0.71±0.14

0.75±0.12

0.75±0.14

0.81±0.12

0.75±0.11

0.69±0.09

0.75±0.13

 PWT (mm)

0.59±0.05

0.56±0.07

0.68±0.09

0.73±0.16

0.72±0.12

0.62±0.02

0.70±0.08

0.66±0.09

 Averaged WT (mm)

0.65±0.10

0.63±0.16

0.71±0.10

0.74±0.14

0.76±0.12

0.69±0.10

0.70±0.11

0.70±0.13

  1. Abbreviations: BW, body weight; IVST, interventricularseptal thickness in diastole; LVEDD, left ventriculer end-diastolic diameter; PWT, posterior wall thickness in diastole; TG, CF6-overexpressing transgenic mice; WT, Wild type mice.
  2. Averaged WT=(IVST+PWT)/2.
  3. *P<0.05 vs. TG male.
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