Table 2 Echocardiographic parameters of Zucker rats after LIRA treatment on a high-salt diet

435 ± 28

452 ± 42

369 ± 22

375 ± 33

< 0.0001

0.191

0.416

1.81 ± 0.14

1.87 ± 0.08

2.35 ± 0.10

2.42 ± 0.21

0.003

0.903

0.719

2.91 ± 0.11

3.09 ± 0.25

3.27 ± 0.13

3.08 ± 0.11

0.102

0.255

0.828

6.17 ± 0.10

6.21 ± 0.23

6.76 ± 0.18

6.73 ± 0.26

0.033

0.953

0.941

2.46 ± 0.26

2.55 ± 0.43

3.87 ± 0.41

3.42 ± 0.19

0.007

0.960

0.249

2.37 ± 0.21

2.27 ± 0.25

2.63 ± 0.31

2.72 ± 0.20

0.059

0.800

0.912

3.42 ± 0.15

3.58 ± 0.25

3.30 ± 0.15

3.33 ± 0.17

0.556

0.589

0.705

90.63 ± 0.99

89.70 ± 1.39

82.96 ± 1.49*

84.09 ± 2.15*

0.0007

0.688

0.272

63.53 ± 1.56

62.69 ± 2.22

53.49 ± 1.90*

55.17 ± 2.50*

0.0006

0.658

0.211

9.46 ± 0.41

10.53 ± 0.71

7.91 ± 0.93

9.22 ± 0.71

0.028

0.123

0.888