Table 2.

Rodent models used within the comorbidity research field.

co-morbidity	model	Refs.
Ageing	samp8 (senescence-accelerated mouse)	[34]
	Environmental stress models	[35]
Hypertension	SHRSP (spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats)	[36]
	SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rats)	[37]
	Dahl salt-sensitive rats	[38]
	Angiotensin II-induced hypertension	[39]
	Salt diet-induced hypertension	[40]
Diabetes Mellitus/ Hyperglycaemia	db/db mice (obese type 2 diabetes mellitus)	[41]
	ob/ob mice (obese type 2 diabetes mellitus)	[41]
	Zucker rats (obese type 2 diabetes mellitus)	[42]
	Goto-Kakizaki Rat (non-obese type 2 diabetes mellitus)	[43]
	Streptozotocin- induced type 1 diabetes mellitus	[44]
	High-fat diet induced obesity	[45]
Hyperlipidaemia	ApoE KO (apolipoprotein E knock-out) mice	[46]
	Low-density lipoprotein receptor (Ldlr−/−) knockout mice	[47]