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. 2009 Nov 16;158(8):1911–1921. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00491.x

Table 1.

Parameters of left ventricular and renal hypertrophy

Parameter SHR Z0.5 Z10 WKY
BW (g) 402 ± 3# 414 ± 3 402 ± 6 538 ± 14
LVW (mg) 1092 ± 12# 1080 ± 15 874 ± 15* 941 ± 34
LVW/BW 2.82 ± 0.03# 2.68 ± 0.04* 2.22 ± 0.04* 1.86 ± 0.03
KW (mg) 1241 ± 15# 1221 ± 27 1213 ± 20 1421 ± 37
KW/BW 3.20 ± 0.05# 3.06 ± 0.06* 3.07 ± 0.05* 2.81 ± 0.10

Values are means ± SEM.

*

P < 0.05 compared with SHR;

#

P < 0.05 compared with WKY.

SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rats; Z0.5, SHR treated with zofenopril 0.5 mg·kg−1 per day; Z10, SHR treated with zofenopril 10 mg·kg−1 per day; WKY, Wistar-Kyoto rats; BW, body weight; LVW, left ventricular weight; KW, kidney weight.