Calcium Signaling in the Ventricular Myocardium of the Goto-Kakizaki Type 2 Diabetic Rat

Table 5

Heart weight and other heart-related measurements in the GK rat.

Parameter	Age	Control versus GK	Reference
HW	8 w	0.807 versus 0.927 (g)	[36]
	8–10 w	0.96 versus 1.05 (g)	[41]
	12 w	1.14 versus 0.98 (g)	[43]
	15 w	Increased	[29]
	5–8 m	1700 versus 1460 (mg)	[10]
	9–14 m	2.0 versus 1.8 g NSD	[11]
	10-11 m	1.37 versus 1.60 (g)	[48]
	17 m	1.52 versus 1.50 g NSD	[39]
	18 m	1.22 versus 1.41 (g)	[40]
LVW	12 w	0.81 versus 0.68 (g)	[43]
	18 and 30 w	1.12 versus 0.86 [18] and 1.32 versus 1.03 [30] (g)	[45]
	20 w	Increased	[32]
LVT	8 w	2.98 versus 3.15 mm NSD	[36]
	18 m	3.08 versus 3.35 (mm)	[40]
RVW	18 and 30 w	0.30 versus 0.26 [18] and 0.32 versus 0.28 [30] (g)	[45]
HW/BW	8 weeks	0.248 versus 0.281 (g/100 g)	[36]
	8–10 w	4.43 versus 4.33 mg/g NSD	[41]
	15 w	Increased	[29]
	16 w	2.96 versus 3.73	[30]
	18 w	2.2 versus 2.2 NSD	[31]
	20 w	Increased	[32]
	20 w	Increased	[33]
	9–14 m	3.1 versus 4.5	[11]
	5–8 m	3.0 versus 3.8 (mg/g)	[10]
	10-11 m	3.43 versus 3.61 mg/g NSD	[48]
	18 m	0.21 versus 0.34 (g/100 g)	[40]
	18 m	3.36 versus 4.10 (mg/g)	[50]
HW/FL	26 w	0.44 versus0.49	[44]
LV/BW	8 w	1.76 versus 1.98 (mg/g)	[36]
	12 w	1.85 versus 1.95 (mg/g)	[43]
	18 and 30 w	2.16 versus 2.24 [18] and 2.06 versus 2.40 [30] (mg/kg)	[45]
	6 m	0.20 versus 0.24 (%)	[51]
RV/BW	18 and 30 (w)	0.60 versus 0.71 [18] and 0.50 versus 0.66 [30] (mg/g)	[45]
BVW/BW	14–16 w	Increased	[28]
	18 and 30 w	2.76 versus 2.94 [18] and 2.56 versus 3.06 [30] (mg/g)	[45]
BVW/TL	14–16 w	Increased	[28]

HW: heart weight; LVM: left ventricular weight; LVT: left ventricular thickness; RVW: right ventricular weight; BW: body weight; FL: femur length; BVW: biventricular weight; TL: tibial length; NSD: no significant difference. Significant difference.