Table 2. Body weight, pulse rate and blood pressure of 11 week-old DS rats.

	11 weeks old
	LS	HS
Number of animals	20	52
Body weight (g)	367 ± 4	359 ± 2
Pulse rate (bpm)	373 ± 7	413 ± 4*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	125 ± 3	187 ± 2*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	93 ± 3	139 ± 2*

Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM.

*P < 0.05 versus LS.

DS rats, Dahl salt-sensitive rats; LS, rats fed a low-salt diet; HS, rats fed a high-salt diet;

SEM, standard error of the mean.