Biology of Sex Differences

Table 1 Data on body and heart weight

From: Sex-specific regulation of cardiac microRNAs targeting mitochondrial proteins in pressure overload

	Male		Female
	Sham	TAC	Sham	TAC
Body weight (g)	27.0 ± 0.6^e	28.2 ± 0.7^f	23.4 ± 0.4	23.1 ± 0.2
Heart weight (g)	0.117 ± 0.004	0.206 ± 0.014^c,e	0.097 ± 0.003	0.154 ± 0.013^b
Tibia length (mm)	17.3 ± 0.1	17.5 ± 0.2	17.3 ± 0.1	17.1 ± 0.2
Heart weight/tibia length	6.74 ± 0.2	11.83 ± 0.9^c,d	5.62 ± 0.1	9.04 ± 0.8^a

Data present mean ± SEM; n = 6–10/group
^aP < 0.05
^bP < 0.01
^cP < 0.001 vs. corresponding sham group
^dP < 0.05
^eP < 0.01
^fP < 0.001 vs. female

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