Table 2.

Echocardiography measurements after 7 weeks of treatment

	STC	STC + S	FAT	FAT + S	FRU	FRU + S	SUC	SUC + S
End-diastolic diameter (mm)	8.4 ± 0.2	8.6 ± 0.03	8.1 ± 0.1	8.5 ± 0.3	8.1 ± 0.2	8.1 ± 0.3	8.3 ± 0.1	8.4 ± 0.3
End-systolic diameter (mm)	4.8 ± 0.2	4.9 ± 0.3	4.5 ± 0.1	4.7 ± 0.3	4.4 ± 0.2	5.0 ± 0.3*	4.5 ± 0.1	5.5 ± 0.2*
Fractional shortening (%)	55 ± 1	53 ± 2	57 ± 1	53 ± 3	59 ± 1	46 ± 3*	57 ± 1	42 ± 5*,†
Velocity of circumferential shortening (per s)	5.99 ± 0.18	5.61 ± 0.16	6.55 ± 0.26	6.43 ± 0.42	6.14 ± 0.24	5.10 ± 0.19*	6.18 ± 0.29	4.62 ± 0.49*,†
Absolute wall thickness (mm)	2.0 ± 0.1	2.3 ± 0.2*	2.0 ± 0.1	2.4 ± 0.1*	1.8 ± 0.1	2.4 ± 0.1*	1.9 ± 0.05	2.4± 0.1*
Relative wall thickness (mm)	0.48 ± 0.02	0.54 ± 0.04	0.47 ± 0.02	0.57 ± 0.04*	0.46 ± 0.02	0.58 ± 0.03*	0.47 ± 0.02	0.54 ± 0.03
Myocardial performance index	0.42 ± 0.02	0.47 ± 0.04	0.43 ± 0.03	0.45 ± 0.05	0.40 ± 0.01	0.46 ± 0.04	0.38 ± 0.02	0.44 ± 0.02
Aortic velocity–time integral (cm)	2.46 ± 0.14	1.86 ± 0.09*	2.61 ± 0.14	2.51 ± 0.16‡	2.54 ± 0.17	2.29 ± 0.18	2.60 ± 0.19	2.32 ± 0.21

Values are means ± SEM. FAT, fat; FRU, fructose; S, salt; STC, starch; SUC, sucrose.

^*P <0.05 vs. same diet with low salt.

^†P <0.05 compared to STC + S and FAT + S groups.

^‡P <0.05 vs. STC + S.