Beneficial Effects of Physical Exercise on Functional Capacity and Skeletal Muscle Oxidative Stress in Rats with Aortic Stenosis-Induced Heart Failure
Table 2
Anatomical data.
C-Sed ()
C-Ex ()
AS-Sed ()
AS-Ex ()
BW (g)
454 ± 57.4
466 ± 64.6
435 ± 35.8
439 ± 47.8
LVW (mg)
0.92 (0.86–0.99)
0.96 (0.84–1.04)
1.40 (1.28–1.73)
1.36 (1.23–1.50)†
LVW/BW (mg/g)
1.95 (1.78–1.99)
1.88 (1.67–2.11)
3.17 (2.67–3.86)
3.35 (2.74–3.84)†
RVW (mg)
0.24 (0.21–0.25)
0.23 (0.21–0.28)
0.45 (0.31–0.55)
0.43 (0.26–0.54)†
RVW/BW (mg/g)
0.48 (0.42–0.51)
0.50 (0.41–0.56)
0.99 (0.76–1.22)
0.98 (0.62–1.28)†
Atria (mg)
0.09 (0.07–0.10)
0.09 (0.08–0.11)
0.31 (0.27–0.38)
0.27 (0.15–0.35)†
Atria/BW (mg/g)
0.19 (0.14–0.21)
0.19 (0.16–0.23)
0.68 (0.59–0.87)
0.68 (0.59–0.87)†
Lung (mg)
1.84 (1.65–2.02)
1.78 (1.48–2.03)
3.35 (2.31–4.08)
3.15 (2.11–3.50)†
Lung/BW (mg/g)
3.84 (3.54–4.25)
3.60 (2.98–4.12)
6.58 (4.40–8.10)
7.36 (4.83–10.25)†
Soleus (g)
0.25 ± 0.05
0.22 ± 0.05
0.22 ± 0.04
0.21 ± 0.03
Soleus/BW (mg/g)
0.50 ± 0.10
0.45 ± 0.11
0.48 ± 0.07
0.49 ± 0.09
Gastro (g)
2.67 ± 0.33
2.70 ± 0.29
2.44 ± 0.33
2.42 ± 0.27†
Gastro/BW (mg/g)
5.39 ± 0.41
5.51 ± 0.44
5.33 ± 0.54
5.54 ± 0.41
C-Sed: sedentary control group; C-Ex: exercised control group; AS-Sed: sedentary aortic stenosis group; AS-Ex: exercised aortic stenosis group; BW: body weight; LVW: left ventricle weight; RVW: right ventricle weight; Gastro: gastrocnemius muscle weight. Data are mean ± SD or median and percentiles; ANOVA and Tukey or Mann-Whitney; versus C-Sed; † versus C-Ex.
