Table 4 |
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Passive mechanical parameters from SHR and WKY treatment groups |
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Treatment |
Strain |
CONT |
CAST |
CAST + T |
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Wall stress (dyn/cm2 × 103) |
SHR |
*3.6 ± 0.3 (n = 9) |
*4.3 ± 0.4 (n = 12) |
*3.9 ± 0.5 (n = 10) |
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WKY |
6.9 ± 1.0 (n = 8) |
6.2 ± 0.8 (n = 8) |
5.9 ± 0.7 (n = 12) |
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CAST, castrate; CAST + T, castrate plus testosterone; CONT, control; NE, norepinephrine; SHR: spontaneously hypertensive rat; T: testosterone; WKY: Wistar Kyoto. Data are means ± SEM. All data were collected at 60 mmHg.*= P < 0.05 SHR CONT vs WKY CONT; * = P < 0.05 SHR CAST vs WKY CAST;*= P < 0.05 SHR CAST + T vs WKY CAST + T. |
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Toot et al. Biology of Sex Differences 2012 3:1 doi:10.1186/2042-6410-3-1 |
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