Cardiac involvement in Beagle-based canine X-linked muscular dystrophy in Japan (CXMDJ): electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and morphologic studies

Table 1 Clinical profiles of normal and CXMD_J male dogs

	Age (mo)	BW(g)	HW(g)	HW/BW (%)	Serum CK (IU/I)
Normal dogs
III-D56MN	6	12.0	95.1	0.97	515
III-1804MN	7	13.6	110.0	0.81	215
III-D03MN	14	13.1	127.0	0.84	215
III -301 MN	21	14.4	120.0	0.96	60
CXMD_J dogs
III-D53MA	6	9.6	91.9	0.90	63,100
III-D55MA	7	10.0	80.0	0.80	42,000
III-1803MA	9	14.4	128.6	0.69	69,100
III-D38MA	12	11.4	78.8	1.01	138,000
III-D02MA	15	9.1	92.0	0.87	17,600
III-D08MA	15	12.0	104.3	0.97	40,700
III-302MA	21	12.4	120.0	0.86	12,500
III-303MA	21	13.9	120.0	0.80	23,000

BW, body weight; HW, heart weight; HW/BW, heart weight/body weight ratio; * p < 0.01 normal dogs vs CXMD_J dogs

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