From: Sex differences in porcine left ventricular myocardial remodeling due to right ventricular pacing
Variables (units) | Male | Female | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
r | p | r | p | |
LVEF (%) | −0.76 | <0.001 | −0.54 | 0.03 |
LVEDV (ml) | 0.76 | <0.001 | 0.18 | 0.50 |
LVEDV, relative increase (%) | −0.42 | 0.04 | −0.2 | 0.47 |
LA/Ao | 0.78 | <0.001 | 0.62 | 0.009 |
RWTd | −0.56 | 0.002 | −0.23 | 0.38 |
Em/Am | 0.20 | 0.35 | −0.07 | 0.78 |
BNP, mRNA (AU) | 0.74 | <0.001 | 0.75 | <0.001 |
GATA4, mRNA (AU) | 0.63 | 0.004 | 0.49 | 0.06 |
TGF-β1, mRNA (AU) | 0.61 | 0.001 | 0.13 | 0.63 |
MMP9, mRNA (AU) | −0.08 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.99 |
TIMP1, mRNA (AU) | −0.04 | 0.84 | 0.17 | 0.54 |
NGAL, mRNA (AU) | −0.59 | 0.002 | 0.16 | 0.54 |
Col1A1, mRNA (AU) | 0.31 | 0.14 | −0.23 | 0.41 |
Col1A2, mRNA (AU) | 0.20 | 0.33 | −0.33 | 0.23 |
Col3A1, mRNA (AU) | 0.09 | 0.65 | −0.24 | 0.41 |
Water soluble collagen (μg/mg wet tissue) | −0.41 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.85 |
Total recoverable collagen (μg/mg wet tissue) | −0.16 | 0.44 | −0.19 | 0.53 |
Total gelatinolytic activity (AU) | −0.49 | 0.02 | −0.32 | 0.31 |
Cross-sectional cardiomyocyte diameter (μm) | −0.36 | 0.09 | 0.53 | 0.08 |