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. 2014 Dec 2;3(6):e001312. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001312

Table 3.

Results of 2‐Way Factorial ANOVA in 4 Groups of Rats (DS/Lean+LS, DS/Lean+NS, DS/Obese+LS, and DS/Obese+NS)

Variable P Value for the Interaction Variable P Value for the Interaction
Body weight, g 0.4098 ANP <0.0001
Tibial length, mm 0.3453 BNP 0.0002
Food intake, g/day 0.5898 β‐MHC 0.0004
Water intake, mL/day 0.0905 Perivascular fibrosis 0.0474
SBP, mm Hg 0.004 Interstitial fibrosis, % 0.0006
Heart rate, beats/min 0.7671 Collagen type I 0.0398
Heart weight/tibial length, mg/mm 0.0122 Collagen type I/collagen type III 0.0285
LV weight/tibial length, mg/mm 0.0005 Fibronectin 0.0217
Visceral fat weight/tibial length, mg/mm 0.9890 DHE staining 0.0762
Subcutaneous fat weight/tibial length, mg/mm 0.6207 NADPH oxidase activity, RLU/mg protein 0.060
Visceral adipocyte cross‐sectional area, μm2 0.8717 p22phox 0.8784
Glucose, mg/dL 0.8876 gp91phox 0.4404
Insulin, ng/mL 0.0140 p47phox 0.3057
HOMA‐IR 0.0006 p67phox 0.5990
Triglyceride, mg/dL 0.0112 Rac1 0.0708
Total cholesterol, mg/dL 0.0268 CD68 positive cells (/mm2) 0.0597
Free fatty acid, mEq/L 0.7467 MCP‐1 0.5691
Adiponectin, ng/mL 0.9871 Osteopontin 0.0550
TNF‐α, pg/mL 0.0028 COX‐2 0.0241
IL‐6, pg/mL 0.0038 ACE 0.0905
IVST, mm 0.0033 AT1A 0.8853
LVPWT, mm 0.0015 MR 0.2082
LVDd, mm 0.4473 Sgk1 0.1095
LVFS, mm 0.3097 MR protein <0.0001
RWT 0.0333 CD68 positive cells in adipose tissue, % 0.0002
LV mass, mg 0.0284 MCP‐1 in adipose tissue 0.0105
E/A 0.0356 COX‐2 in adipose tissue 0.0205
IRT, ms 0.0023 TNF‐α in adipose tissue 0.0215
Tau, ms 0.0222 IL‐6 in adipose tissue 0.0455
LVEDP, mm Hg 0.0043 Akt phosphorylation 0.0359
LVEDP/LVDd, mm Hg/mm 0.0088 p70S6K phosphorylation 0.0080
Myocyte cross‐sectional area, μm2 <0.0001

ACE indicates angiotensin‐converting enzyme; ANP, atrial natriuretic peptide; AT1A, angiotensin II type 1A receptor; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; COX, cyclooxygenase; DS, Dahl salt; E/A, early to late ventricular; HOMA‐IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; IL, interleukin; IRT, isovolumic relaxation time; IVST, interventricular septum; LS, low‐salt; LV, left ventricular; LVDd, LV end‐diastolic; LVEDP, LV end‐diastolic pressure; LVFS, LV fractional shortening; LVPWT, LV posterior wall thickness; MCP, monocyte chemoattractant protein; β‐MHC, β‐myosin heavy chain; MR, mineralocorticoid receptor; NADPH, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate; NS, normal‐salt; RLU, relative light unit; RWT, relative wall thickness; SBP, systolic blood pressure; Sgk, serum‐ and glucocorticoid‐regulated kinase; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.