Systolic Blood Pressure and Heart Weight by Genotype at D7Mit5 for the F2(S × LEW) Population Raised on an 8% NaCl Diet
| Genotype | One-way ANOVA (P) | ||||
| SS | SL | LL | |||
| Blood pressure (mmHg) | 178.7 ± 4.30 | 186.9 ± 4.30 | 196.8 ± 5.66 | 0.052 | |
| Heart weight (mg) | 1143 ± 19 | 1212 ± 20 | 1290 ± 28 | 0.0002 | |
| Heart weight, BP adjusted (mg)[ii] | 1178 ± 13 | 1218 ± 13 | 1252 ± 20 | 0.010 | |
| Body weight (grams) | 348 ± 4.0 | 353 ± 3.1 | 354 ± 4.4 | 0.49 | |
[i] Means ± s.e. are given; data are for all 151 rats. Differences were analyzed by a one-way ANOVA. (S) S rat allele; (L) LEW allele.
[ii] Heart weight adjusted by regression analysis for differences in blood pressure.