Table 1. The General Features.

	Groups
Factors	WKY	SHR	SHR+Sil100
Body Weight (g)	402 ± 5	326 ± 16 †	336 ± 12 †
Prostate Weight (mg)	630 ± 35	926 ± 31 †	863 ± 54 †
PBR (×10 −3 )	1.57 ± 0.09	2.86 ± 0.07 †	2.56 ± 0.11 † #
Heart Rate (bpm)	338.0 ± 9.6	302.4 ± 3.9 †	324.0 ± 9.8
Mean Blood Pressure (mmHg)	106.5 ± 1.1	166.0 ± 5.9 †	154.7 ± 4.5 †

PBR: Prostate body weight ratio (prostate weight/body weight); WKY: 18-week-old WKY rats treated with vehicle, p.o.; SHR: 18-week-old SHRs treated with the vehicle, p.o.; SHR+Sil100: 18-week-old SHRs treated with silodosin at a daily dose of 100 μg/kg, p.o.

Data are shown as mean ± SEM of eight separate determinations in each group.

^†: Significantly different from the WKY group (P < 0.05);

^#: Significantly different from the SHR group (P < 0.05).