Table 1.

Best-fit material parameters values estimated for the model presented in Equation (1) for each group, shown in terms of mean ± st.dev. Specifically, terms with the subscript “c” describe the isolated collagen fibers, terms with the subscript “m” describe the isolated myocytes. In full, the experimental groups in this section were (a) isolated collagen from Sprague Dawley rats (n=3 male, n=2 female) and Dahl-SS rats (males, n=2 HFD and n=2 CD; females n=2 HFD and n=2 CD), and (b) isolated myocytes from Sprague Dawley rats (n=3 male, n=3 female), and Dahl-SS rats (male, n=2 HFD and n=2 CD; female, n=2 HFD and n=2 CD). Note that from each animal, two rings were isolated and tested.

Group:	cc (kPa)	kc [-]	cm (kPa)	kc [-]
SD male	0.465 ± 0.225	31.09 ± 4.09	0.051 ± 0.031	36.26 ± 13.73
SD female	0.492 ± 0.312	32.83 ± 4.18	0.047 ± 0.011	38.67 ± 9.33
Dahl-SS male	0.091 ± 0.060	30.17 ± 5.55	0.054 ± 0.012	43.08 ± 19.90
Dahl-SS female	0.326 ± 0.325	32.75 ± 4.92	0.064 ± 0.016	31.23 ± 8.20