The Protective Effect of Low-Dose Ethanol on Myocardial Fibrosis through Downregulating the JNK Signaling Pathway in Diabetic Rats

Table 2

Changes of heart weight/body weight (H/B), hydroxyproline (Hp) content, and collagen volume fraction (CVF) in different groups.

Group	H/B (mg/g)	Hp (umol/mg)	CVF (%)
Con	3.76 ± 0.15	0.27 ± 0.05	12.50 ± 0.98
DM4W	3.88 ± 0.20^##	0.35 ± 0.07	15.74 ± 1.53
DM8W	4.78 ± 0.10	0.43 ± 0.04	25.75 ± 1.98
EtOH + DM8W	3.96 ± 0.17^##	0.34 ± 0.05^#	14.43 ± 2.65^##

Values are means ± SD ().
⁢ and compared with Con; and compared with DM8W.