Table 2 Morphometric analysis of renal and cardiac parameters in HS rats and respective control group.
From: Chronic high-sodium diet intake after weaning lead to neurogenic hypertension in adult Wistar rats
Kidneys | Cont | HS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SEM | n | Mean ± SEM | n | p | |
Left kidney wet weight/body weight (mg/g) | 3.30 ± 0.13 | (8) | 3.24 ± 0.05 | (8) | 0.6842 |
Right kidney wet weight/body weight (mg/g) | 3.23 ± 0.09 | (8) | 3.29 ± 0.07 | (8) | 0.6323 |
Sclerotic glomeruli left kidney (%) | 6.25 ± 0.81 | (8) | 5.62 ± 0.62 | (8) | 0,5057 |
Sclerotic glomeruli right kidney (%) | 7.50 ± 1.33 | (8) | 6.25 ± 1.25 | (8) | 0,5536 |
Left kidney BCA/GTA (µm2/µm2) | 1.29 ± 0.02 | (8) | 1.28 ± 0.02 | (8) | 0.6003 |
Right kidney BCA/GTA (µm2/µm2) | 1.30 ± 0.01 | (8) | 1.27 ± 0.02 | (8) | 0.2608 |
Heart | |||||
Heart wet weight/body weight (mg/g) | 2.72 ± 0.06 | (8) | 2.61 ± 0.03 | (8) | 0.1536 |
Left Wt/LVL ratio | 0.77 ± 0.05 | (8) | 0.83 ± 0.04 | (8) | 0.4013 |
