Table 1 Average Animal Weight, Blood pressure, Heart Rate, and Lipid Profile After 16 Weeks of Diet (Mean and Standard Deviation).

From: Experimental Metabolic Syndrome Model Associated with Mechanical and Structural Degenerative Changes of the Aortic Valve

 

Control Diet

High Fat Diet

Weight (kg)

64.7 ± 2

87.3 ± 5*

Systolic (mmHg)

115.4 ± 11

129.4 ± 4*

Diastolic (mmHg)

82.2 ± 9

99 ± 9*

Heart Rate (BPM)

102.8 ± 9

78.8 ± 5*

Low Density Lipoproteins [LDL] (mg/dL)

31 ± 8

307 ± 53*

High Density Lipoproteins [HDL] (mg/dL)

45 ± 4

136 ± 25*

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

7 ± 2

12 ± 7

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

77 ± 5

446 ± 32*

Glucose (mg/dL)

143.8 ± 44

153.5 ± 44

  1. *Statistically significant (P < 0.05).
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