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Table 5 Vessel characteristics

From: Impact of excess gestational and post-weaning energy intake on vascular function of swine offspring

Vessel characteristics

HE/HE

HE/NE

NE/HE

NE/NE

Artery Length (mm)

3.10 ± 0.14

3.06 ± 0.12

3.02 ± 0.12

2.95 ± 0.15

Artery Outer Diameter (mm)

3.32 ± 0.15

3.32 ± 0.13

3.38 ± 0.11

3.45 ± 0.13

Artery Inner Diameter (mm)

1.81 ± 0.10

1.72 ± 0.16

1.92 ± 0.15

2.01 ± 0.15

Resting Tension (g)

8.31 ± 0.14

8.14 ± 0.11

8.26 ± 0.13

8.19 ± 0.11

PGF Tension (g)

31.71 ± 2.86

32.83 ± 1.55

30.46 ± 0.18

31.11 ± 1.47

  1. Vessel characteristics of normal energy (NE) and high energy (HE) offspring at three months of age. Resting tension is the amount of tension before preconstriction with PGF2α (30 μM). PGF tension corresponds to PGF2α induced tension before adding cumulative doses of BK and SNP. Data expressed as means ± standard errors. No significant differences were observed (α < 0.05).
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

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