Mild Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Reduces the Susceptibility of the Heart to Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: Identification of Underlying Gene Expression Changes

Table 2

Physiological characteristics of Goto-Kakizaki (GK) and control rats 24 h after sham operation or myocardial infarction.

	W + sham	GK + sham	W + MI	GK + MI
Body weight [g]	450 ± 6	331 ± 8	444 ± 11	322 ± 6
Heart weight to body weight ratio [×1,000]	2.96 ± 0.08	3.73 ± 0.10	3.54 ± 0.10	4.05 ± 0.09
Heart rate [beats/min]	453 ± 13	454 ± 28	456 ± 6	453 ± 4
SBP [mmHg]	145 ± 6	123 ± 6	137 ± 8	120 ± 7
DBP [mmHg]	117 ± 5	89 ± 6	113 ± 8	92 ± 8
MAP [mmHg]	126 ± 5	100 ± 6	121 ± 8	102 ± 7

Data is expressed as mean ± SEM; versus W + sham; versus W + MI; MI indicates myocardial infarction; GK: Goto-Kakizaki; W: Wistar; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial pressure.