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Table 1 Initial and final body weight, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and blood glucose

From: Apocynin influence on oxidative stress and cardiac remodeling of spontaneously hypertensive rats with diabetes mellitus

 

SHR (n = 16)

SHR-APO (n = 16)

SHR-DM (n = 13)

SHR-DM-APO (n = 14)

Initial BW (g)

360 ± 27

361 ± 28

356 ± 16

359 ± 18

Final BW (g)

362 ± 25

364 ± 27

254 ± 36*

239 ± 37#

Initial heart rate (bpm)

294 ± 40.4

304 ± 46.7

308 ± 50.8

304 ± 46.7

Final heart rate (bpm)

269 ± 48.3

287 ± 45.0

255 ± 38.5

249 ± 35.9#

Initial BP (mm Hg)

189 ± 19

189 ± 18

191 ± 18

190 ± 17

Final BP (mm Hg)

184 ± 22

186 ± 21

187 ± 28

184 ± 25

Initial glucose mg/dL)

90 (83–101)

93 (83–100)

91 (90–100)

94 (90–99)

Final glucose (mg/dL)

93 (88–101)

94 (88–107)

600 (542–600)*

600 (538–600)#

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median and 25th and 75th percentiles
  2. SHR spontaneously hypertensive rats; SHR-APO SHR treated with apocynin; SHR-DM diabetic SHR; SHR-DM-APO diabetic SHR treated with apocynin; BW body weight; bpm beats per min; BP systolic blood pressure
  3. Two-factor ANOVA; * p < 0.05 vs SHR; # p < 0.05 vs SHR-APO