Research Article

Experimental Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Induces Blunted Vasoconstriction and Functional Changes in the Rat Aorta

Table 1

Blood pressure from pregnant rats fed standard diet (SD) and hypercaloric diet (HD) taken at the beginning of the protocol and the four and seven weeks.

SD HD

Baseline (mmHg) 132.8 ± 2.518 136.8 ± 4.893
Week 4 (mmHg) 131.6 ± 1.939 139.5 ± 3.014
Week 7 (mmHg) 114.3 ± 2.654 119 ± 3.521