Table 1.

General characteristics of experimental rats.

Variables—Male	WISc	WISo3	SHRc	SHRo3
BP (mmHg)	111.74 ± 3.52	95.93 ± 4.47 *	178.77 ± 3.83 *	165.27 ± 3.98
BW (g)	467.17 ± 17.95	428.17 ± 6.81	329.50 ± 8.37 *	339.50 ± 6.69
HW (g)	1.18 ± 0.04	1.13 ± 0.02	1.41 ± 0.03 *	1.35 ± 0.04
LVW (g)	0.81 ± 0.01	0.83 ± 0.02	1.16 ± 0.02 *	1.12 ± 0.03
Variables—female	WISc	WISo3	SHRc	SHRo3
BP (mmHg)	101.18 ± 2.23	98.83 ± 2.91	187.33 ± 7.34 *	172.83 ± 7.02
BW (g)	266.83 ± 8.18	295.38 ± 10.05	213.00 ± 5.94 *	216.33 ± 4.97
HW (g)	0.83 ± 0.02	0.86 ± 0.02	1.31 ± 0.04 *	1.13 ± 0.04 #
LVW (g)	0.59 ± 0.01	0.60 ± 0.01	1.01 ± 0.03 *	0.92 ± 0.06

BP—Blood pressure; BW—body weight; HW—heart weight; LVW—left ventricular weight; WISc—wistar control rats; WISo3—WISc fed with omega-3; SHRc—spontaneously hypertensive rats; SHRo3—SHRc fed with omega-3. n = 16 in each group. Data are presented as means ± SEM; * p < 0.05 versus WISc; # p < 0.05 versus SHRs.