Effect of chronic intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia on heart weight
| Rats | BW | RV/LV | RV/BW | LV/BW | THW/BW | |
| n | g | Mg·g−1 | mg·g−1 | |||
| Control | 16 | 349.6±34.0 | 0.25±0.03 | 0.53±0.05 | 2.16±0.15 | 2.69±0.17 |
| Hypercapnic hypoxia | 13 | 334.3±22.0 | 0.31*±0.03 | 0.63*±0.09 | 2.05±0.20 | 2.68±0.27 |
Values are presented as mean±sd
RV: right ventricular weight
LV: left ventricular plus septum weight
BW: body weight
THW: total heart weight
*: indicates significantly different from control, p<0.05, analysis of variance