Influence of Age on Anticontractile Effect of Perivascular Adipose Tissue in Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats

Table 1

General characteristics of experimental animals.

	WKY-5w	WKY-12w	SHR-5w	SHR-12w
BW (g)
SBP (mm Hg)
HR (bpm)
HW/TL (mg/mm)
LiW/TL (mg/mm)
RFW/TL (mg/mm)

BW: body weight; SBP: systolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; HW/TL: heart weight/tibia length; LiW/TL: liver weight/tibia length; RFW/TL: retroperitoneal fat weight/tibia length. Values represent mean ± SEM of 10 rats. and SHR-5w/12w vs. WKY-5w/12w (age-matched).