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Table 2.

Echocardiography of rats fed high-salt diets for 15 weeks.

	CON(n = 6)	RS4(n = 6)	SS4(n = 6)	RS8(n = 6)	SS8(n = 6)
IVSd (cm)	0.20 ± 0.01^a	0.23 ± 0.02^bc	0.22 ± 0.01^ab	0.25 ± 0.02^c	0.25 ± 0.03^c
IVSs (cm)	0.33 ± 0.01^a	0.39 ± 0.02^b	0.34 ± 0.01^a	0.38 ± 0.03^b	0.40 ± 0.05^b
LVDWd (cm)	0.19 ± 0.01^a	0.21 ± 0.03^ab	0.19 ± 0.01^a	0.22 ± 0.03^b	0.23 ± 0.03^b
LVPWs (cm)	0.31 ± 0.01^a	0.36 ± 0.04^abc	0.32 ± 0.03^ab	0.37 ± 0.03^c	0.37 ± 0.06^bc
LV Mass (g)	1.43 ± 0.06^a	1.68 ± 0.10^b	1.54 ± 0.08^a	1.71 ± 0.10^b	1.77 ± 0.11^b

Values are presented as mean±SEM. Values with different superscripts within each row are significantly difference at p < 0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.

IVSd, interventricular septal thickness at end-diastole; LVDd, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; IVSs, interventricular septal thickness at end-systole; LVDs, left ventricular dimension in diastole; LVPWd, left ventricle posterior wall in diastole; LVPWs, left ventricle posterior wall in systole; LV mass, left ventricular mass.