Fig. 1

Systolic blood pressure (a), relative heart weight (b) and glucose utilization (c, d) in Wistar and hereditary hypertriglyceridemic rats. Wm Wistar male rats, HTGm hereditary hypertriglyceridemic male rats, Wf Wistar female rats, HTGf hereditary hypertriglyceridemic female rats, BP systolic blood pressure, HW/BW ratio of heart weight to body weight, OGTT AUC area under curve for glucose from oral glucose tolerance test. The results are presented as the mean ± S.E.M., and differences between groups were analyzed by two-way (a, b, d) or three-way (c) ANOVA. ***p < 0.001 vs. W within the respective sex, ⁺p < 0.05, ⁺⁺p < 0.01, ⁺⁺⁺ p<0.001vs. HTGm