Research Article

Diet Alters Serum Metabolomic Profiling in the Mouse Model of Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy

Table 1

Effect of different diets on (a) ventricular (RV and LV) dilations and (b) accumulation of cholesterol (in the liver and heart mg/g wet weight) in T. cruzi-infected CD1 mice chronic stage at 150 DPI. (RVID: right ventricle internal diameter, LVID: left ventricle internal diameter measured at diastole). or compared to uninfected RD mice. #, ## or ### compared to infected RD mice. ^^ compared to uninfected HFD mice.
(a)

Composition (%kcal)LVID (mm)RVID (mm)

Carb-rich diet (RD) (research diet #D12450J)Carbohydrate -70
Fat -10
Protein -20
Uninfected
Infected


High fat diet (HFD) (research diet #D12492)Carbohydrate -20
Fat -60
Protein -20
Uninfected
Infected


##^^

(b)

RDHFD

HeartUninfected
Infected/#
LiverUninfected
Infected###