Occipital Artery Function during the Development of 2-Kidney, 1-Clip Hypertension in Rats

Table 1

Body and tissue weight parameters in SHAM and 2K-1C rats on day 9.

Parameter	SHAM	2K-1C
Mean arterial blood pressure, mmHg	96 ± 1	120 ± 4*
Peak systolic arterial blood pressure, mmHg	105 ± 3	134 ± 5*
Heart rate, beats/min	340 ± 12	396 ± 9*
Plasma renin concentration, 𝜇g/mL	68 ± 2	106 ± 13*
Body weight, g	426 ± 13	413 ± 14
Nonclipped kidney weight, g	1.2 ± 0.04	1.4 ± 0.06*
Nonclipped kidney weight/body weight, mg/g	2.9 ± 0.08	3.3 ± 0.09*
Clipped kidney weight, g	1.2 ± 0.05	1.0 ± 0.03*
Clipped kidney weight/body weight, mg/g	2.8 ± 0.08	2.4 ± 0.09*
Heart weight, g	1.35 ± 0.04	1.48 ± 0.06*
Heart weight/body weight, mg/g	3.2 ± 0.04	3.6 ± 0.08*

The data are presented as mean ± SEM. SHAM: sham-operated rats; 2K-1C: 2-kidney, 1-clip rats. There were 8 rats in each group. ∗P < 0.05 in 2K-1C versus SHAM.