Early Postweaning Treatment with Dimethyl Fumarate Prevents Prenatal Dexamethasone- and Postnatal High-Fat Diet-Induced Programmed Hypertension in Male Rat Offspring
Table 2
Weights and blood pressures.
Control
DEX
HF
DEX + HF
DEX + HF + DMF
Mortality
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Body weight (BW) (g)
529 ± 9
516 ± 12
523 ± 11
522 ± 11
537 ± 16
Left kidney weight (g)
1.7 ± 0.05
1.77 ± 0.04
1.63 ± 0.06
1.58 ± 0.05
1.69 ± 0.09
Left kidney weight/100 g BW
0.32 ± 0.01
0.34 ± 0.01
0.31 ± 0.01
0.3 ± 0.01
0.31 ± 0.01
Liver weight (g)
16.1 ± 0.6
16.8 ± 0.5
17.7 ± 0.7
18.3 ± 0.8
16.2 ± 1.0
Liver weight/100 g BW
3.04 ± 0.06
3.25 ± 0.05
3.39 ± 0.17
3.53 ± 0.19
3.04 ± 0.2
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
147 ± 3
158 ± 2
160 ± 3
172 ± 1
152 ± 2
versus control; versus DEX; versus HF; versus DEX + HF.