Intake of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Increases Omega-3 Index in Aged Male and Female Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Table 2

General characteristics of female SHR and Wistar rats.

	WRc	WRn3	SHRc	SHRn3
BP (mmHg)	101±4	99±8	200±16 *	162±28^#
BW (g)	279±24	299±29 *	231±21 *	217±11^#
HW (g)	0.83±0.06	0.85±0.04	1.31±0.12 *	1.16±0.16^#
LVW (g)	0.60±0.03	0.61±0.05	1.04±0.10 *	0.90±0.13^#
HW/BW (mg/g)	2.99±0.38	2.87±0.33	5.26±1.08 *	5.34±0.63
LVW/BW (mg/g)	2.16±0.25	2.08±0.25	4.16±0.81 *	4.13±0.51
BG (mmol/L)	4.05±0.55	4.35±0.73	4.00±0.94	5.34±0.87^#

Values are means ± SD of 15 rats in each group. WRc: Wistar control rats, WRn3: Wistar rats fed with omega-3 fatty acid, SHRc: SHR control rats, SHRn3: SHR rats fed with omega-3 fatty acid, BP: blood pressure, BW: body weight, HW: heart weight, and LVW: left ventricular weight. Significant difference from WISc: *𝑃<0.05. Significant difference from SHRc: ^#𝑃<0.05.