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Table 1 Cardiac Parameters for Male and Female WT and GAMT-ko Mice measured by MRI

From: Cardiac structure and function during ageing in energetically compromised Guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase (GAMT)-knockout mice – a one year longitudinal MRI study

  

6 weeks

4 months

8 months

12 months

  

WT

GAMT-ko

WT

GAMT-ko

WT

GAMT-ko

WT

GAMT-ko

n

M

F

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

6

5

6

Body weight (g)

M

F

22 ± 2

16 ± 1

17 ± 3

15 ± 1

29 ± 3

22 ± 1

24 ± 2

19 ± 1

32 ± 3

24 ± 2

24 ± 3

21 ± 3

35 ± 3

26 ± 3

25 ± 2

22 ± 2

LV Mass (mg)

M

F

80 ± 6

71 ± 11

70 ± 13

67 ± 9

108 ± 12

94 ± 23

82 ± 11

86 ± 9

118 ± 9

91 ± 14

92 ± 11

86 ± 8

112 ± 19

101 ± 14

98 ± 8

90 ± 9

End-diastolic volume (μl)

M

F

45 ± 6

49 ± 10

39 ± 12

44 ± 9

54 ± 8

55 ± 18

49 ± 18

47 ± 4

64 ± 13

58 ± 9

50 ± 16

52 ± 15

66 ± 12

63 ± 20

54 ± 15

57 ± 11

End-systolic volume (μl)

M

F

16 ± 5

17 ± 5

11 ± 5

13 ± 4

23 ± 8

20 ± 9

16 ± 10

14 ± 1

24 ± 7

22 ± 4

21 ± 10

18 ± 7

28 ± 7

25 ± 12

19 ± 9

24 ± 7

Stroke volume (μl)

M

F

29 ± 4

31 ± 6

28 ± 8

30 ± 6

31 ± 5

35 ± 10

32 ± 8

34 ± 4

40 ± 9

35 ± 8

29 ± 9

34 ± 10

38 ± 13

39 ± 9

35 ± 8

33 ± 5

Ejection fraction (%)

M

F

65 ± 7

64 ± 4

72 ± 4

70 ± 7

58 ± 12

65 ± 4

68 ± 7

71 ± 4

62 ± 7

61 ± 6

58 ± 13

65 ± 8

56 ± 14

62 ± 6

66 ± 6

58 ± 6

Heart rate (bpm)

M

F

485 ± 42

485 ± 25

506 ± 20

483 ± 46

555 ± 63

472 ± 27

465 ± 35

496 ± 45

514 ± 25

421 ± 24

450 ± 31

479 ± 43

488 ± 46

451 ± 51

441 ± 66

497 ± 14

Cardic output (ml · min-1)

M

F

14.2 ± 1.4

15.2 ± 3.1

13.9 ± 3.3

14.4 ± 2.8

17.3 ± 3.3

16.6 ± 4.7

14.9 ± 3.4

14.6 ± 6.6

20.3 ± 4.0

14.8 ± 3.4

13.1 ± 4.5

16.0 ± 3.9

18.1 ± 6.0

17.3 ± 3.8

15.9 ± 5.5

16.1 ± 2.3

dV/dtmax.EDV-1

(103·s-1)

M

F

20.5 ± 5.0

24.7 ± 1.7

21.6 ± 3.5

23.2 ± 4.7

21.5 ± 5.0

22.1 ± 4.3

19.3 ± 1.7

23.3 ± 3.9

17.8 ± 3.2

19.9 ± 2.9

18.0 ± 2.1

21.3 ± 2.0

17.8 ± 3.7

18.7 ± 3.5

20.2 ± 4.1

20.5 ± 1.3

dV/dtmin.EDV-1

(103· s-1)

M

F

-18.2 ± 3.9

-15.0 ± 1.6

-21.3 ± 4.7

-18.6 ± 3.9

-17.8 ± 1.5

-16.7 ± 4.2

-21.7 ± 5.5

-20.8 ± 2.3

-19.4 ± 4.6

-15.0 ± 3.9

-16.7 ± 3.6

-17.3 ± 3.3

-15.8 ± 3.0

-16.8 ± 5.1

-17.5 ± 4.5

-15.8 ± 3.3

  1. All parameters are for the left ventricle(LV) and represent mean ± standard deviation.