Table 1.

Body weight and tissue weight in SHAM and OVX 10-mo-old SS and SR rats

Measurement	SR-SHAM (n = 7)	SR-OVX (n = 6)	SS-SHAM (n = 7)	SS-OVX (n = 5)
Age, mo	10	10	10	10
Initial body weight, g	149 ± 5	136 ± 5	161 ± 5	158 ± 3*
Final body weight, g	275 ± 5	351 ± 19#	322 ± 8*	337 ± 8
Left kidney, g	0.8 ± 0.02	0.8 ± 0.01	1 ± 0.01	1 ± 0.07#
Left kidney, g normalized to 100 g body wt	0.3 ± 0.007	0.31 ± 0.007#	0.3 ± 0.005	0.3 ± 0.03
Right kidney, g	0.8 ± 0.03	0.9 ± 0.01	1 ± 0.01	1 ± 0.07
Right kidney, g normalized to 100 g body wt	0.3 ± 0.008	0.3 ± 0.01#	0.3 ± 0.007	0.3 ± 0.06
Heart, g	0.8 ± 0.02	0.9 ± 0.03	1 ± 0.03	1 ± 0.06
Heart normalized to 100 g body wt, g	0.3 ± 0.008	0.3 ± 0.01#	0.3 ± 0.007	0.3 ± 0.03
Uterus, g	0.6 ± 0.02	0.2 ± 0.07#	0.6 ± 0.04	0.4 ± 0.03#
Uterus normalized to 100 g body wt, g	0.2 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.03#	0.2 ± 0.02	0.1 ± 0.008#

Data are expressed as means ± SE; n, number of rats. All rats were maintained on a low-sodium diet (<0.13% NaCl) since weaning. Ovariectomies (OVX) or sham surgeries (SHAM) were conducted at 6 wk of age. Shown are body and tissue weights of 10-mo-old salt-sensitive (SS) and salt-resistant (SR) rats.

^*P < 0.05 vs. SR, same gonadal status;

^#P < 0.05 vs. SHAM, same strain; two-way ANOVA and Sidak’s post hoc analysis.