Low Intensity Physical Exercise Attenuates Cardiac Remodeling and Myocardial Oxidative Stress and Dysfunction in Diabetic Rats

Table 1

Anatomical data.

	C-Sed ()	C-Ex ()	DM-Sed ()	DM-Ex ()
Final BW	492 ± 28	467 ± 36^*	390 ± 60^*
LV (g)	0.89 ± 0.07	0.86 ± 0.06	0.74 ± 0.12^*
LV/BW (g/kg)	1.84 ± 0.11	1.91 ± 0.17	2.10 ± 0.21^*
RV (g)	0.22 ± 0.07	0.20 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.02^*
RV/BW (g/kg)	0.45 ± 0.15	0.45 ± 0.06	0.51 ± 0.09	0.51 ± 0.12
Atria (g)	0.09 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01
LV wet/dry	3.94 (3.56–4.11)	3.60 (3.17–4.17)	4.06 (3.92–4.61)	3.70 (2.84–4.53)
RV wet/dry	3.42 ± 0.65	3.60 ± 0.94	3.96 ± 1.02	3.50 ± 0.77
Lung wet/dry	4.55 ± 0.50	4.56 ± 0.35	4.94 ± 0.58^*	4.70 ± 0.26

Values are mean ± SD or median and 25th and 75th percentiles. C-Sed: sedentary control group; C-Ex: exercised control group; DM-Sed: sedentary diabetic group; DM-Ex: exercised diabetic group; LV: left ventricle weight; BW: body weight; RV: right ventricle weight; wet/dry: wet-to-dry weight ratio. ANOVA and Bonferroni or Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn; versus C-Sed; versus C-Ex; versus DM-Ex.