Chronic cola drinking induces metabolic and cardiac alterations in rats

Table 1 Body weight, systolic blood pressure, biochemical and echocardiographic data of rats at baseline (n = 16) (mean ± SD)

	W	C	L
Body weight (g)	390 ± 6	393 ± 6	395 ± 5
SBP (mmHg)	127 ± 7	127 ± 10	120 ± 11
Glucose (mg/dL)	110 ± 3	112 ± 3	111 ± 3
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	72 ± 9	70 ± 10	72 ± 8
LVDD (mm)	6.2 ± 0.5	6.3 ± 0.6	6.8 ± 0.5
RWTh	0.34 ± 0.06	0.37 ± 0.03	0.34 ± 0.06
ESD (mm)	2.7 ± 0.5	2.7 ± 0.5	3.3 ± 0.5
IVSd (mm)	0.84 ± 0.15	0.93 ± 0.09	0.91 ± 0.12
LVPWd (mm)	1.2 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.3
LVPWs (mm)	2.6 ± 0.4	2.6 ± 0.4	2.6 ± 0.3
HR (bpm)	447 ± 45	421 ± 69	425 ± 49
Aorta (mm)	2.7 ± 0.1	2.9 ± 0.3	2.8 ± 0.4
LA (mm)	2.5 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.6	2.8 ± 0.4
Sf (%)	55.6 ± 6.9	56.8 ± 8.8	51.7 ± 4.9
EDV (mL)	0.21 ± 0.05	0.22 ± 0.06	0.27 ± 0.06
ESV (mL)	0.02 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01
Ef (%)	90.7 ± 3.7	91.0 ± 5.5	88.4 ± 3.5
SV (mL)	0.19 ± 0.05	0.20 ± 0.06	0.24 ± 0.05
CO (mL/min)	83.2 ± 20.1	85.5 ± 32.22	88.6 ± 23.8

SBP: Systolic blood pressure; LVDD: Left ventricular diastolic dimension; RWTh: Relative wall thickness; ESD: End-systolic dimension; IVSd: Interventricular septal end-diastolic dimension; LVPWd: Left ventricular end-diastolic posterior wall dimension; LVPWs: Left ventricular end-systolic posterior wall dimension; HR: Heart rate; Aorta: Aorta diameter; LA: Left atrial dimension; Sf: Shortening fraction; EDV: End diastolic volume; ESV: End systolic volume; Ef: Ejection fraction; CO: Cardiac output; SV: Systolic volume.