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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hypertens. 2010 Jan 14;23(4):420–424. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2009.274

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Effect of prenatal dexamethasone on (a) blood pressure and (b) plasma renin activity in 4- and 8-week-old male rats. Pregnant rats were administered dexamethasone (0.2 mg/kg) body weight or saline vehicle daily between days 15 and 18 of gestation. (a) Blood pressure was measured in 4- and 8-week-old male rats in trained rats by tail cuff. (b) Plasma renin activity was measured in 4- and 8-week-old male rats that received either vehicle or prenatal dexamethasone. The difference in blood pressure was different at 8 weeks of age between vehicle and dexamethasone group using an unpaired Student’s t-test (P < 0.01). BP, blood pressure.