Research Article

Reactive Oxygen Species from NADPH Oxidase and Mitochondria Participate in the Proliferation of Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells from a Model of Metabolic Syndrome

Table 1

General characteristics of animals.

VariablesCSF

Body weight (g)488.0 ± 19.1477.0 ± 31.7
Heart rate (beat/min)351.9 ± 5.2371.9 ± 2.2
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)111.7 ± 2.3130.2 ± 2.9
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)69.0 ± 2.797.8 ± 3.9
Medium blood tension (mmHg)82.8 ± 2.4108.7 ± 3.4
Intra-abdominal fat (g)7.4 ± 2.215.3 ± 2.6
TGs (mM)0.8 ± 0.11.8 ± 0.1
Glucose (mM)5.9 ± 0.15.9 ± 0.2
Total cholesterol (mM)1.5 ± 0.11.4 ± 0.1
Cholesterol-HDL (mg/dl)42.65 ± 3.528.1 ± 4.1
FFAs (mM)0.6 ± 0.11.1 ± 0.1
Insulin (pM)99.6 ± 5.1167.6 ± 7.8
Leptin (ng/ml)0.6 ± 0.22.7 ± 0.3

The values were expressed as a medium + SE ( different animals). The values of all the variables were obtained at the end of the treatment period (24 weeks). and correspond to SF vs. C.