Table 1.

Body weight and urinary analysis from Dahl salt-sensitive rat following 4-week treatment protocol

Groups	Body Weight (g)	Albumin excretion (μg/day)	Na+ excretion (mmol/day)
Low-salt group
Control	330 ± 3	226 ± 15#	3.0 ± 0.2
Aldosterone	332 ± 5	341 ± 10	3.5 ± 0.1
Eplerenone	343 ± 7	299 ± 21#, **	2.5 ± 0.3#
Apocynin	338 ± 5	288 ± 14#, **	4.0 ± 0.6
High-salt group
Control	291 ± 12*	429 ± 17*	20 ± 1*
Aldosterone	279 ± 19*	392 ± 18	28 ± 3*‡
Eplerenone	297 ± 5*	369 ± 9‡	5 ± 1*,‡,+
Apocynin	321 ± 12	380 ±16‡	23 ± 3*

^#p < 0.05, vs. low-salt - aldosterone;

^**p < 0.05, vs. low-salt - control

^‡p < 0.05, vs. high-salt - control;

^*p < 0.05, vs. low-salt group

⁺p < 0.05, vs. high-salt - aldosterone