Table 3.

Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR)—24 h means and variability (SD) in the offspring^a

Group	SBP (mmHg)	Diastolic BP (mmHg)	Mean BP (mmHg)	Mean BP variability (24-h SD) (mmHg)	Mean BP difference light-on/light-off (mmHg)	HR (1/min)	HR variability (24-h SD) (1/min)	Mean HR difference light-on/light-off (1/min)
LL (n = 10)	114 ± 7	81 ± 7	96 ± 7	7.4 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 1.4	380 ± 13	51 ± 8	58 ± 12
LH (n = 10)	114 ± 4	77 ± 4	93 ± 4	7.7 ± 1.0	5.1 ± 2.0	395 ± 15*	48 ± 4	54 ± 10*
HH (n = 10)	116 ± 3	82 ± 3	97 ± 4	8.3 ± 1.1	5.6 ± 2.5	386 ± 20	46 ± 7	50 ± 10*
HL (n = 10)	113 ± 5	81 ± 3	95 ± 4	7.5 ± 0.8	5.5 ± 0.8	404 ± 15*,†	52 ± 5	63 ± 8
Two-way ANOVA
PreW	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS
PostW	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P < 0.01
PreW × PostW	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P = NS	P < 0.005	P = NS	P = NS

^aTwo-way ANOVA: PreW, the effect of pre-weaning diet; PostW, the effect of post-weaning diet; PreW × PostW, the effect of interaction between pre- and post-weaning diet; ANOVA, analysis of variance; NS, not significant.

*P < 0.05 LH versus LL and HH versus HL.

†P < 0.05 HH versus LH and HL versus LL.