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Table 1 Biometric data: effects of age and diet

From: Myocardial susceptibility to ischaemia/reperfusion in obesity: a re-evaluation of the effects of age

  Body weight (g) Intraperitoneal fat (g)
22 weeks
 Age-matched controls (22) 362 ± 8.8 10.7 ± 0.9
 DIO (30) 469 ± 7.9* 24.7 ± 1.0*
17 months
 Age-matched controls (21) 682 ± 16 64.4 ± 3.5
 DIO (23) 836 ± 51* 93 ± 5.8*
  1. Values in brackets indicate number of animals
  2. * p < 0.05 vs Age-matched controls