Table 1.

Morphometric characteristics and baseline hemodynamics

	WKY	SHR
n	35	30
Body weight, g	353±8	351±6
Heart weight/body weight, mg/g	3.1±0.1	3.8±0.1*
Lung weight/body weight, mg/g	6.3±0.3	6.9±0.3
Heart weight/tibial length, mg/mm	28.4±0.9	35.5±1.0*
MAP, mmHg	104±6	160±6*
HR, beats/min	438±10	446±11

Values are means ± SE. WKY, Wystar-Kyoto rats; SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rats; MAP, mean arterial blood pressure; HR, heart rate.

^*P < 0.05 compared with WKY rats.