Hypertension and Cardiovascular Remodelling in Rats Exposed to Continuous Light: Protection by ACE-Inhibition and Melatonin

Table 1

The body weight (BW), right ventricle weight (RVW), relative RVW (RVW/BW), and left ventricle weight (LVW) in control rats (c), rats exposed to 24 h/day continuous light without treatment (24), and rats treated with captopril (24C) and melatonin (24M).

	BW (g)	RVW (mg)	RVW/BW (mg/g)	LVW (mg)
c	442.5±14.9	201.7±10.0	0.45±0.01	478.9±21.1
24	392.8±8.6^∗	214.7±6.3	0.55±0.02^∗	498.2±24.8
24C	402.3±11.6	155.1±8.5^∗#	0.39±0.02^#	361.9±19.0^∗#
24M	388.2±11.6^∗	160.5±10.3^∗#	0.41±0.03^#	485.6±13.4

Values are mean ± SEM, ^∗𝑃<0.05 versus c, ^#𝑃<0.05 versus 24.