Table 2.

Arterial blood pressure. SBP: Systolic blood pressure. DBP: Diastolic blood pressure. Data represent median [interquartile range (IQR)]. n, number of rats. ^a p < 0.05, ^aa p < 0.01, ^aaa p < 0.001 versus SHAM NP; ^b p < 0.05, ^bb p < 0.01 versus SHAM HP; ^c p < 0.05, versus PTX NX NP; ^d p < 0.05, versus PTX NX HP.

	SHAM NP	SHAM HP	PTX NX NP	PTX NX HP	NX NP	NX HP
n	9	11	8	13	7	8
SBP (Hg mm) (median [IQR])	119.00 [116.33, 126.90]	123.67 [117.58, 126.39]	124.96 [122.70, 129.68]	132.50 [125.25, 140.00] ab	132.67 [131.73, 144.38] aa	142.50 [134.27, 151.74] aaabbd
DBP (Hg mm) (median [IQR])	83.00 [78.00, 97.68]	92.71 [88.65, 97.36]	87.68 [76.00, 96.50]	96.75 [82.25, 108.17]	103.53 [99.85, 108.17] ac	108.00 [101.33, 113.67] a