From: The role of dietary fatty acids in predicting myocardial structure in fat-fed rats
 | CON | SAT | SAT+LA | SAT+ALA | p |
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Echocardiographic measurements | |||||
LVWcr/s (cm) | .309/.008 | .329/.009 | .371/.018**# | .355/.012* | 0.013 |
LVWcr/d (cm) | .203/.005 | .201/.003 | .230/.010*# | .227/.008*# | 0.021 |
LVWca/s (cm) | .289/.013 | .315/.016 | .327/.016 | .300/.010 | 0.272 |
LVWca/d (cm) | .185/.012 | .198/.008 | .201/.013 | .206/.011 | 0.633 |
LVIDd (cm) | .824/.027 | .799/.009 | .798/.018 | .809/.030 | 0.868 |
LVIDs (cm) | .501/.026 | .456/.018 | .418/.034 | .473/.028 | 0.234 |
LV mass:body wt | .0029/.0001 | .0028/8.950 e-005 | .0028/7.855 e-005 | .0028/8.966 e-005 | 0.695 |
IVRT (sec) | .026/.001 | .029/ < .001 | .027/ < .001 | .027/ < .001 | 0.265 |
FS (%) | 39.3/1.54 | 42.9/2.00 | 47.8/3.47 | 41.7/1.91 | 0.112 |
Myocardial collagen and triglyceride; myocyte area | |||||
Hydroxyproline (ug/mg dry wt) n = 4-6 | .753/.261 | .555/.112 | .638/.128 | .661/.117 | 0.837 |
Triglyceride (nMol/gm wet wt) n = 3-6 | 9.47/3.67 | 12.4/1.88 | 9.11/2.12 | 9.28/1.21 | 0.676 |
Collagen (%) n = 5-6 | .055/.004 | .053/.005 | .045/.003 | .044/.004 | 0.254 |
Myocyte cross sectional area (microns2) n = 5-6 | 492/30.5 | 628/23.2** | 602/25.1* | 610/33.8* | < 0.018 |