Table 3 Organ mass measured at postmortem

From: Progression of cardiovascular and endocrine dysfunction in a rabbit model of obesity

 

Left kidney mass

Heart mass

Left ventricular mass

Diet

(g)

(g kg − 1 body mass)

(g)

(g kg − 1 body mass)

(g)

(g kg − 1 body mass)

Control

9.9±0.3

2.73±0.07

7.9±0.2

2.17±0.05

4.7±0.1

1.29±0.02

High fat

12.0±0.3**

2.77±0.08

8.4±0.2

2.01±0.04*

5.1±0.1*

1.21±0.03*

  1. Data are presented as mean±s.e.m. (n=23).
  2. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 for comparisons between rabbits on the two diets, from Student’s unpaired t-test.
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