Table 1. Features of metabolic syndrome in ffSHRSP rats.

	WKY	ffSHRSP
Adiposity (% fat pad weight)	1.40±0.29	2.40±0.09**
Plasma triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.28±0.04	0.65±0.11***
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.53±0.09	1.74±0.11***
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.212±0.07	1.58±0.12***
Insulin (μg/l)	0.30±0.07	0.46±0.14*

Abbreviations: ffSHRSP, fructose-fed spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone; WKY, Wistar-Kyoto. Rats (n=5 per group) were from the same breeding colonies as those used for ischemia studies. Data are expressed as mean±s.d. Groups compared by two-tailed Student t-test: *P>0.05; **P>0.001; ***P>0.0001 compared with WKY.