Figure 1

Variations in systolic blood pressure in control and fructose-fed rats with or without aliskiren treatment. Con: control rats with normal chow diet; Fru: fructose-fed diet; FruA: fructose-fed diet with concurrent aliskiren administration; FruB: fructose-fed diet with subsequent aliskiren administration 4 weeks later. Values are mean±s.d. * and ^ denote P<0.05 vs. pre-fructose and control rats, respectively. N=6 for each group.