Table 1.

Protein expression

	W‐SED	W‐EX	SHR‐SED	SHR‐EX
Collagen (Col) I	1.00 ± 0.22	1.05 ± 0.10	1.45 ± 0.56	1.57 ± 0.64#
Col III	1.00 ± 0.31	0.83 ± 0.15	0.82 ± 0.24	0.99 ± 0.24
Col I/Col III	1.00 ± 0.27	1.29 ± 0.33	1.79 ± 0.40*	1.59 ± 0.53
Lysyl oxidase	1.00 ± 0.68	0.49 ± 0.15	1.10 ± 0.52	0.86 ± 0.39
TIMP‐1	1.00 ± 0.28	1.03 ± 0.43	0.75 ± 0.45	0.70 ± 0.28
TIMP‐2	1.00 ± 0.57	0.72 ± 0.25	3.68 ± 2.25*	1.42 ± 0.67#

Abbreviations: SHR‐EX: exercised SHR; SHR‐SED: sedentary spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR); TIMP: tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases; W‐EX: exercised Wistar rats; W‐SED: sedentary Wistar rats.

Data as mean ± SD.

ANOVA and Tukey's.

^* P < 0.05 vs W‐SED,

^# P < 0.05 vs W‐EX.