Table 2.

Effects of BBT on LVMI. Body weight (BW), Left ventricle weight (LVW), and LVW/BW (LVMI) were measured in the heart. Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 6 in each group). ^∗P < 0.05 and ^∗∗P < 0.01 vs. WKY; ^#P < 0.05 and ^##P < 0.01 vs. SHR.

	WKY	SHR	SHR + captopril	SHR + BBT
N
12 wks	6	6	6	6
20 wks	6	6	6	6
BW (g)
12 wks	310 ± 20	278 ± 24	279 ± 11	275 ± 20
20 wks	327 ± 11	348 ± 8	336 ± 26	335 ± 31
LVW (g)
12 wks	0.76 ± 0.04	0.78 ± 0.09	0.74 ± 0.06	0.82 ± 0.07
20 wks	0.66 ± 0.01	0.93 ± 0.02∗∗	0.68 ± 0.02##	0.81 ± 0.09##
LVW/BW
12 wks	2.46 ± 0.09	2.81 ± 0.25	2.66 ± 0.28	2.99 ± 0.25
20 wks	2.03 ± 0.04	2.72 ± 0.02∗∗	2.04 ± 0.16##	2.41 ± 0.08##