Table 7.

Left ventricular myocardial protein expression

	SHR (n = 7)	SHR-APO (n = 7)	SHR-DM (n = 7)	SHR-DM-APO (n = 7)
Type I collagen	1.00 ± 0.41	1.08 ± 0.33	0.99 ± 0.28	0.96 ± 0.14
Type III collagen	1.00 ± 0.10	0.97 ± 0.11	0.77 ± 0.17*	0.83 ± 0.10#
Type I/III collagen ratio	1.00 ± 0.37	1.16 ± 0.42	1.33 ± 0.33	1.15 ± 0.13
Lysyl oxidase	1.00 ± 0.19	0.91 ± 0.15	0.90 ± 0.20	0.89 ± 0.13

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation

SHR spontaneously hypertensive rats; SHR-APO SHR treated with apocynin; SHR-DM diabetic SHR; SHR-DM-APO diabetic SHR treated with apocynin

Two-factor ANOVA; * p < 0.05 vs SHR; ^# p < 0.05 vs SHR-APO