The Metal Chelators, Trientine and Citrate, Inhibit the Development of Cardiac Pathology in the Zucker Diabetic Rat

Table 1

Comparison of body weight, LV weight, and blood glucose in lean control, untreated ZDF, ZDF + trientine, and ZDF + citric acid at 32 weeks of age. All values are reported as average ± SD. * denotes 𝑃≤.05 compared to lean control.

	Body weight (g)	LV weight (mg)	LV/body weight index	Blood glucose (mg/dL)
Lean control	456±11	920±32	2.2	105±7
ZDF	358±39*	796±80*	2.0	392±29*
ZDF + trientine	403±50	825±76	2.1	370±54*
ZDF + citric acid	327±17*	694±28*	2.1	384±51*