Research Article

Macrophage Depletion Improves Endothelial Insulin Resistance and Protects against Cardiovascular Injury in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension

Table 1

Body weight, aortic weight, heart rate, and and ED50 value.

NSHSHS/LEC

BW (g)
AW/BW (mg/100 g BW)#
Heart rate (bpm)
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)
KCl-induced contraction (g)
(relaxation, %)
 Acetylcholine#
 Insulin#
ED50
 Acetylcholine#
 Insulin

AW: aortic weight; BW: body weight; values are ; . Statistical analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA followed by the Bonferroni corrections for multiple comparisons between groups. vs. NS group; # vs. HS group.