Table 1.

The systolic and diastolic blood pressure in SHR and age-matched WKY rats at age 4, 8 and 12 weeks.

	SBP			DBP
	4 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks	12 weeks
WKY	130.8 ± 3.18	134.6 ± 1.95	130.9 ± 6.99	96.7 ± 5.34	101.9 ± 4.45	103.8 ± 5.62
SHR	152.1 ± 3.02*	193.1 ± 3.57*	206.8 ± 6.06*	119.7 ± 5.52*	163.9 ± 2.47*	174.3 ± 1.63*

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM for six rats in each group. *P < .05 compared with age-matched WKY.