Table 1.

Characteristics of WT and APN-KO mice at 14 days after ANG II infusion

	WT		APN-KO
	Saline (n = 3)	ANG II (n = 6)	Saline (n = 3)	ANG II (n = 5)
HR, beats/min	548 ± 31	551 ± 19	549 ± 29	557 ± 22
SBP, mmHg	93.1 ± 2.1	131.6 ± 3.3*	94.6 ± 3.1	135.2 ± 3.9‡
HW, mg	107 ± 4	170 ± 6*	112 ± 9	206 ± 11†‡
BW, g	25.6 ± 0.5	26.1 ± 0.8	25.9 ± 0.6	25.7 ± 0.7
HW/BW, mg/g	4.35 ± 0.06	6.71 ± 0.27*	4.49 ± 0.13	8.02 ± 0.12†‡

Data are means ± SE. ANG II, angiotensin II; WT, wild type; APN-KO, adiponectin knockout mice; HR, heart rate; SBP, systolic blood pressure; HW, heart weight; BW, body weight.

^*P < 0.001 vs. WT saline.

^†P < 0.05 vs. WT ANG II.

^‡P < 0.001 vs. APN-KO saline.