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Table 1 General characteristics of sham-operated rats and ovariectomized rats receiving sham injection, estrogen supplementation or exercise traininga

From: Regular exercise modulates cardiac mast cell activation in ovariectomized rats

Parameters

Sham-operated group (n = 6 rats)

Ovariectomized rats

Oil injection (n = 8 rats)

Estrogen supplementation (n = 7 rats)

Exercise regimen (n = 7 rats)

Body weight (BW) (g)

268 ± 5

363 ± 9*

256 ± 7#

342 ± 9*

Heart weight (HW) (g)

1.31 ± 0.05

1.45 ± 0.03*

1.33 ± 0.04#

1.55 ± 0.03*

HW/BW (100×)

0.490 ± 0.017

0.400 ± 0.013*

0.518 ± 0.011#

0.456 ± 0.013#

Tibial length (TL) (cm)

4.15 ± 0.02

4.49 ± 0.03*

4.19 ± 0.03#

4.39 ± 0.03*,#

HW/TL (g/cm)

0.316 ± 0.012

0.322 ± 0.007

0.317 ± 0.011

0.354 ± 0.008

Soleus weight (g)

0.112 ± 0.002

0.146 ± 0.004*

0.098 ± 0.007

0.139 ± 0.005*

Uterine weight (g)

0.602 ± 0.054

0.154 ± 0.015*

0.618 ± 0.036

0.173 ± 0.025*

  1. *,# P < 0.05, significantly different from Sham-operated rats and ovariectomized (OVX) rats, respectively, using the Student–Newman–Keuls test after analysis of variance (ANOVA)
  2. Data are presented as the mean ±  standard error of the mean (SEM)
  3. aThere were 3 treatment groups for OVX rats: vehicle (0.1 mL corn oil) injection (OVX control group), estrogen supplementation and regular exercise, respectively. In the sham-operated group, 0.1 mL corn oil was also injected as placebo