Table 1.

Body and kidney weight, plasma estradiol and blood pressure

	Intact		OVX		OVX+E2
	4M	12M	4M	12M	4M	12M
Body weight (g)	262.5±9.4	377.7±17.9**	317.3±5.2#	421.0±18.0**,##	228.3±2.3#,§§§	285.8±9.3*,###,§
Kidney weight (g)	0.88±0.02	1.11±0.04	0.83±0.02	1.03±0.04	0.93±0.03	1.4±0.11*,#,§§
Kidney/body weight (mg/g)	3.4±0.09	3.0±0.16	2.6±0.06#	2.5±0.15	4.1±0.12#,§§	3.6±0.15#,§§
Plasma estradiol (pg/ml)	38.1±9.4	5.5±1.3*	12.7±1.5#	6.6±1.5##	32.5±2.4§	19.4±2.6*,#,§
MAP (mmHg)	120.6±7.6	150.8±8.6*	127.7±4.6	167.3±5.5**,#	115.1±2.0	122.5±6.2*,#,§

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01 vs. 4M in the same treatment group

^#P<0.05,

^##P<0.01,

^###P<0.001 vs. Intact in the same age group

^§P<0.05,

^§§P<0.01,

^§§§P<0.001 vs. OVX in the same age group