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Table 1 Final body weight, left ventricle weight/body weight ratio (LVW/BW), blood pressures, and heart rate in WKY, SHR, WKY treated with captopril (WKYCPT), and SHR treated with captopril (SHRCPT).

From: Captopril reduces cardiac inflammatory markers in spontaneously hypertensive rats by inactivation of NF-kB

Parameter

WKY

SHR

WKYCPT

SHRCPT

Body weight (g)

391 ± 3

396 ± 10

372 ± 8

385 ± 16

LVW/BW (mg/g)

2.06 ± 0.08

2.68 ± 0.04***

1.93 ± 0.05###

2.01 ± 0.09###

Final DBP (mm Hg)

114 ± 1

207 ± 0.6***

115 ± 1###

117 ± 0.7###

Final SBP (mm Hg)

140 ± 0.9

231 ± 0.8***

139 ± 1.1###

138 ± 0.8 ###

Heart rate (beats/min)

342 ± 1.1

392 ± 2.6***

339 ± 1.8###

339 ± 1.7 ###

  1. DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure. Values are expressed as means ± SEM (n = 6). ***P < 0.001 vs. WKY; ###P < 0.001 vs. SHR.