Nature of fatty acids in high fat diets differentially delineates obesity-linked metabolic syndrome components in male and female C57BL/6J mice

Table 2 Evaluation of cardiac parameters by Doppler echography

Sex groups	Diet groups	E/A ratio ± SEM	LV mass (mg) ± SEM	Inter-ventricular septum (mm) ± SEM	LV posterior wall (mm) ± SEM
Male mice	SD	1.39 ± 0.15	109.8 ± 2.6	0.72 ± 0.01	0.76 ± 0.02
	VD	2.27 ± 0.14***	135.7 ± 7.5 **	0.83 ± 0.03 **	0.85 ± 0.02 **
	AD	2.20 ± 0.08***	129.8 ± 6.2 **	0.89 ± 0.02 ***	0.84 ± 0.01 *
Female mice	SD	1.56 ± 0.05	101.1 ± 2.7	0.77 ± 0.01	0.70 ± 0.02
	VD	1.62 ± 0.08	118.7 ± 5.0 *	0.86 ± 0.03 **	0.78 ± 0.02 *
	AD	3.01 ± 0.45***^###	115.7 ± 3.6 *	0.85 ± 0.03 *	0.79 ± 0.01 **

The early wave (E) and the late wave (A) of the mitral flow. LV mass was calculated by the measurement of the inter-ventricular septum, posterior wall thicknesses, and the tele-diastolic diameter. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001 vs. SD; ### P < 0.001 vs. VD.

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