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. 2008 Jul 18;295(4):H1429–H1438. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01365.2007

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.