Treatment | n | Body weight | ||||||||||
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Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | ||
g | ||||||||||||
H | 8 | 143.4 ± 2.9 | 141.8 ± 3.1 | 142.5 ± 3.2 | 142.6 ± 3.2 | 143.8 ± 3.1 | 143.9 ± 3.2 | 145.3 ± 3.3 | 145.2 ± 3.3 | 145.9 ± 3.3 | 145.6 ± 3.4 | 146.8 ± 3.2 |
H + stress | 8 | 143.9 ± 2.6 | 140.9 ± 2.7 | 138.9 ± 2.6 | 137.8 ± 2.5 | 136.8 ± 2.4 | 135.7 ± 2.31-a | 136.4 ± 2.61-a | 136.9 ± 2.6 | 137.9 ± 2.7 | 138.2 ± 2.7 | 139.4 ± 2.7 |
CM | 8 | 97.1 ± 2.1 | 98.5 ± 1.6 | 99.9 ± 1.6 | 99.4 ± 1.5 | 99.9 ± 1.5 | 99.4 ± 1.4 | 102.0 ± 1.2 | 100.4 ± 1.2 | 102.8 ± 1.4 | 102.6 ± 1.3 | 103.4 ± 1.5 |
CM + stress | 13 | 97.0 ± 1.9 | 90.5 ± 1.9b | 87.8 ± 1.9c | 85.2 ± 1.9c | 83.3 ± 2.5c | 82.6 ± 3.1c | 80.1 ± 4.1c | 82.7 ± 4.7b | 83.0 ± 5.2b | 82.4 ± 5.5b | 82.3 ± 6.3b |
H, healthy control hamsters; CM, cardiomyopathic hamster.
↵1-a P < .05, b P < .01, c P < .001; statistically significant compared with the value of each corresponding nonstressed group (by Student’s t test).