Sugar-Induced Blood Pressure Elevations Over the Lifespan of Three Substrains of Wistar Rats
Harry G. Preuss, MD,
Mohmed Zein, MD,
Philip MacArthy, MD,
Donald Dipette, MD,
Sharda Sabnis, MD and
Joseph Knapka, PhD
Nephrology Division (H.G.P., M.Z., P.M.), Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
University of Texas Medical Branch (D.P.), Galveston, Texas
Nephropathology Section (S.S.), Brookville, Maryland
Walter Reed Army Institute of Pathology, Washington DC; and (J.K.), Brookville, Maryland

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Fig. 1. Body weights over lifespan of SHR, WKY, and WAM. Means±SEM are depicted. Closed circles represent rats consuming High Sugar-Low Protein; closed squares represent Hi Sugar-Low Fat; stars represent baseline; open circles represent Low Sugar-High Protein; and open squares represent Low Sugar-High Fat. A minimum of nine rats per group was analyzed statistically.
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Fig. 2. Systolic blood pressures over lifespan of SHR, WKY, and WAM. Means±SEM are depicted. Closed circles represent rats consuming High Sugar-Low Protein; closed squares represent Hi Sugar-Low Fat; stars represent baseline; open circles represent Low Sugar-High Protein; and open squares represent Low Sugar-High Fat. A minimum of nine rats per group was analyzed statistically.
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