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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Cell. 2012 Jan 19;11(2):269–276. doi: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2011.00783.x

Table 1. Animal characteristics.

YC OC YT OT
Body mass (g) 28 ± 1 34 ± 1* 29 ± 1 33 ± 1*
Heart mass (mg) 146 ± 4 184 ± 4* 143 ± 3 194 ± 8*
Carotid artery lumen diameter (µm) 404 ± 5 455 ± 8* 400 ± 4 454 ± 4*
Carotid artery constriction to phenylephrine
   Absolute (µm) 339 ± 6 366 ± 7* 331 ± 12 352 ± 10*
   Relative (%) 82 ± 1 81 ± 1 82 ± 2 80 ± 2
Blood pressure (mmHg)
   Systolic 100 ± 2 96 ± 2 99 ± 2 95 ± 4
   Diastolic 70 ± 3 66 ± 4 70 ± 3 66 ± 4

Values are mean ± SEM.

*

p < 0.05 for OC vs. YC and YT, OT vs. YC and YT. YC, Young control; OC, Old control; YT, Young TEMPOL; OT, Old TEMPOL