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Table 1 Age and body/heart weights of male and female NHR and HHR

From: Male and female hypertrophic rat cardiac myocyte functional responses to ischemic stress and β-adrenergic challenge are different

Parameter

NHR

HHR

Male

Female

Male

Female

Age (weeks)

14.6 ± 0.7 (15)

13.3 ± 0.3 (13)

14.8 ± 1.0 (14)

13.7 ± 0.6 (13)

Body weight (g)

352 ± 7.9 (15)

180 ± 5.5# (13)

299 ± 10.2## (14)

171 ± 4.7## (13)

Heart weight (mg)

1410 ± 28.5 (15)

882 ± 27.7# (13)

1514 ± 85.8 (14)

1202 ± 69.2#,## (13)

CWI (mg/g)

4.02 ± 0.1 (15)

4.91 ± 0.1# (13)

5.12 ± 0.3## (14)

7.04 ± 0.4#, ## (13)

  1. #sex p < 0.05; ##strain p < 0.05, mean ± SEM, n = hearts or animals in brackets for each group