TABLE 1

Effect of hemin and SnMP on physiologic variables in ZDFs and ZLs (eight animals per group)

Physiologic Variables	Animal Group
Physiologic Variables	Control ZL	ZL+ Hemin	Control ZDF	ZDF + Hemin	ZDF + Hemin +SnMP
Body weight (g)	363.7 ± 5.4	354.5 ± 9.5	383.6 ± 5.4	363.4 ± 6.5^†	352.5 ± 8.2^#
Fasting glucose level (mM)	7.2 ± 0.5	6.4 ± 0.3^*	24.6 ± 3.1	6.8 ± 1.3**	19.2 ± 2.8^#
Cardiac hypertrophy (g/kg body weight)	2.7 ± 0.2	2.3 ± 0.1^*	3.8 ± 0.3	2.4 ± 0.14**	3.4 ± 0.3^#
Pericardial adiposity (g/kg body weight)	1.3 ± 0.1	0.97 ± 0.05^*	1.85 ± 0.2	0.79 ± 0.13**	1.72 ± 0.5^#

↵* P < 0.05 versus control ZDFs or control ZLs; **P < 0.01 versus control ZDFs or control ZLs; ^†P < 0.05 versus controls; ^#P < 0.05 versus ZDF+Hemin.