Table 4.
Total and relative heart weight at the end of the experimental period and systolic blood pressure of rats fed a control diet (CD), sucrose-rich diet (SRD) or SRD + chia seed (SRD + chia) 1.
| CD | SRD | SRD+chia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart tissue | |||
| Total wet weight, g | 1.24 ± 0.01 b (8) | 1.31 ± 0.03 a (8) | 1.28 ± 0.02 a (8) |
| g wet weight/100 g body weight | 0.260 ± 0.003 (8) | 0.250 ± 0.004 (8) | 0.250 ± 0.005 (8) |
| mg wet weight/mm tibia length | 27.2 ± 1.0 (8) | 30.1 ± 1.3 (8) | 28.3 ± 1.0 (8) |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | |||
| Initial | 115.0 ± 4.6 (8) | 116.0 ± 2.4 (16) | |
| 3 months | 123.3 ± 1.0 b (8) | 130.9 ± 1.2 a (16) | |
| 6 months | 120.2 ± 4.8 b (8) | 138.4 ± 1.6 a (8) | 118.8 ± 1.6 b (8) |
1 Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, () number of rats. Values in a line that do not share the same superscript letter (a, b) are significantly different p < 0.05 when one variable at a time was compared by the Newman Keul`s test.