TABLE 2

Body and heart weight data

Sham
Heart Failure
Clenbuterol
Metoprolol
Clen+Meto
% ΔWeighta 76.1 ± 19.3 33.8 ± 4.79‡ 49.9 ± 7.18‡, §, # 32.3 ± 7.16‡ 55.3 ± 9.91†, ∥, #
Heart weight (g)
1.72 ± 0.09
2.16 ± 0.33*
2.64 ± 0.41‡, ∥, #
2.17 ± 0.34*
2.42 ± 0.32‡

  • ↵* p < 0.05 vs. Sham.

  • ↵† p < 0.01 vs. Sham.

  • ↵‡ p < 0.001 vs. Sham.

  • ↵§ p < 0.05 vs. heart failure.

  • ↵∥ p < 0.01 vs. heart failure.

  • ↵# p < 0.05 vs. metoprolol.

  • ↵ a % ΔWeight represents the percentage change in pretreatment to post-treatment weights.