Research Article

Concomitant Administration of Different Doses of Simvastatin with Ivabradine Influence on PAI-1 and Heart Rate in Normo- and Hypercholesterolaemic Rats

Table 2

Total cholesterol (TCH), HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides (TGs) (mean ± SD) in rats fed hypercholesterolaemic diet (mmol/l).

TCHHDLLDLTGs

K_H ( 𝑛 = 1 0 ) 8,09 ± 1,53 0,36 ± 0,09 6,25 ± 0,653,24 ± 0,67
IW_H ( 𝑛 = 9 )7,53 ± 1,17 0,38 ± 0,11 5,98 ± 0,822,57 ± 0,11
S1_H ( 𝑛 = 8 )6,35 ± 1,81 0,61 ± 0,12* 4,45 ± 0,21* 2,82 ± 0,57
S20_H ( 𝑛 = 9 ) 2,01 ± 0,16* 0,42 ± 0,14* 1,29 ± 0,92* 0,65 ± 0,64*
IW_H_S1 ( 𝑛 = 8 ) 7,25 ± 0,670,69 ± 0,04* 4,94 ± 0,33*3,50 ± 0,82
IW_H_S20 ( 𝑛 = 7 ) 1,34 ± 0,15*0,33 ± 0,04* 0,16 ± 0,03* 0,96 ± 0,23*

K_H: hypercholesterolaemic control group, IW_H: hypercholesterolaemic group receiving ivabradine, S1_H: hypercholesterolaemic group receiving simvastatin at a dose of 1 mg × kg−1 bw, S20_H: hypercholesterolaemic group receiving simvastatin at a dose of 20 mg × kg−1 bw, IW_H_S1: hypercholesterolaemic group receiving ivabradine and simvastatin at a dose of 1 mg × kg−1 bw, IW_H_S20: hypercholesterolaemic group receiving ivabradine and simvastatin at a dose of 20 mg × kg−1 bw 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 as compared to the control group.