Table 1.

Morphometric characteristics and baseline haemodynamics

	WKY	SHR
n	31	33
Body weight (g)	345 ± 3	334 ± 3*
Heart weight/body weight (mg g−1)	2.81 ± 0.06	3.15 ± 0.03*
Heart weight/tibial length (mg mm−1)	25.3 ± 0.5	28.6 ± 0.4*
Lung weight/body weight (mg g−1)	7.31 ± 0.27	6.98 ± 0.18
MAP (mmHg)	85 ± 5	126 ± 5*
HR (beats min−1)	500 ± 7	486 ± 10
Baseline signal to noise ratio for RSNA	4.3 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 0.3

Values are means ± SEM.

^*P < 0.05 compared to WKY rats.