Table 1 Morphology of the left ventricle in male young control (MYC), male young SHS exposure (MYS), male old control (MOC) and male old SHS exposure (MOS) hamsters

6

6

6

6

132.54 ± 4.61

145.67 ± 3.42*

130.26 ± 6.04

127.59 ± 3.52*^♦#

0.46 ± 0.01

0.52 ± 0.01*

0.60 ± 0.03**^♦

0.63 ± 0.03**^♦♦#

0.31 ± 0.01

0.39 ± 0.01

0.42 ± 0.01**^♦

0.53 ± 0.01**^♦♦#

3.59 ± 0.10

3.88 ± 0.07

4.45 ± 0.15**^♦

5.85 ± 0.38**^♦♦#

2.44 ± 0.05

2.67 ± 0.11

3.27 ± 0.05**^♦

4.01 ± 0.20**^♦♦#

16.21 ± 0.23

19.14 ± 0.36

19.84 ± 0.36**^♦

24.30 ± 0.70**^♦♦#

11.12 ± 0.25

13.66 ± 0.47

14.73 ± 0.20**^♦

18.48 ± 0.48**^♦♦#