Table 4 Changes of echocardiographic data pre- and post-treatment of OLETF rats fed on sucrose contained water

E (cm/sec)

68.7 ± 6.1

70.1 ± 1.4

0.611

62.4 ± 1.8

73.9 ± 3.3

0.001

E' (cm/sec)

5.3 ± 0.3

4.7 ± 0.1

0.006

5.2 ± 0.3

6.6 ± 0.2

0.001

E/E'

13.0 ± 0.5

15.0 ± 0.7

0.001

12.0 ± 0.6

11.3 ± 0.8

0.224