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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2010 Jul;28(7):1466–1470. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328339f20e

Table 2.

Effects of feeding rats a normal fat or high fat diet for 10 Months

Normal Fat
(n=8)		 High Fat
(n=6)
Body Weight (g) 477 ± 11 528 ± 14*
Visceral Adiposity (g) 10.8 ± 1.0 20.9 ± 2.4*
Mean Arterial Pressure (mmHg) 102 ± 1 108 ± 3*
Heart Rate (bpm) 355 ± 2 357 ± 4
Urinary Volume (ml/24 hours) 15.2 ± 1.7 17.2 ± 1.6
Urinary Sodium Excretion (mEq/24 hours) 1.5 ± 0.2 1.6 ± 0.2
Urinary Potassium Excretion (mEq/24 hours) 1.2 ± 0.1 1.4 ± 0.1

MAP, HR, Urinary volume, UNa+, and UK+ are the average value for five days. Mean ± SEM;

*

p<0.05 vs. NF control group.