Table 1.
Brain capillary endothelial cell electron microscopy measurements
| n |
P Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain | Pregnancy | Interaction | |||
| Basement membrane thickness, µm | |||||
| SD | |||||
| Virgin | 0.063 ± 0.004 | 7 | 0.1010 | 0.5074 | 0.6862 |
| Pregnant | 0.064 ± 0.003 | 8 | |||
| Dahl SS/jr | |||||
| Virgin | 0.068 ± 0.003 | 5 | |||
| Pregnant | 0.071 ± 0.003 | 8 | |||
| Luminal membrane protrusions | |||||
| SD | |||||
| Virgin | 1.714 ± 0.286 | 7 | 0.2549 | 0.9540 | 0.2549 |
| Pregnant | 1.375 ± 0.263 | 8 | |||
| Dahl SS/jr | |||||
| Virgin | 1.000 ± 0.000 | 5 | |||
| Pregnant | 1.375 ± 0.375 | 8 | |||
| Vessel diameter, µm | |||||
| SD | |||||
| Virgin | 4.649 ± 0.167 | 7 | 0.2253 | 0.1087 | 0.1841 |
| Pregnant | 4.653 ± 0.196 | 8 | |||
| Dahl SS/jr | |||||
| Virgin | 4.604 ± 0.294 | 5 | |||
| Pregnant | 5.598 ± 0.537 | 8 | |||
Values are means ± SE for n rats. SD, Sprague Dawley. P values determined by 2-way ANOVA.