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Table 1 Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, body and wet brain weights

From: Altered brain fluid management in a rat model of arterial hypertension

 

WKY (n = 11)

SHR (n = 10)

Blood pressure and heart rate

 Systolic (mmHg)

147.8 ± 5.6

198.5 ± 6.8 ***

 Diastolic (mmHg)

98.3 ± 5.2

146.9 ± 9.4 ***

 Heart rate (bpm)

419.2 ± 8.9

446.5 ± 7.5 *

Weight

 Body (g)

432.1 ± 9.2

452.9 ± 10.2

 Brain (g)

2.21 ± 0.03

2.06 ± 0.02 ***

  1. WKY Wistar Kyoto rat, SHR spontaneously hypertensive rat
  2. Values are mean ± SEM. *p ≤ 0.05, ***p ≤ 0.001 (unpaired Student’s t-test)