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Table 2 Changes in body weight, kidney weight and blood pressure after uninephrectomy with or without tempol treatment for 1 week

From: Reactive oxygen species mediate compensatory glomerular hypertrophy in rat uninephrectomized kidney

 

0 h

1 week

2 weeks

Nx

Nx + TP1W

Nx

Nx + TP1W

Nx

Nx + TP1W

BW (g)

223 ± 8

227 ± 9

295 ± 10

290 ± 11

325 ± 9

320 ± 10

MBP (mmHg)

72.2 ± 4.1

75.1 ± 6.5

78.8 ± 3.5

72.7 ± 6.2

74.9 ± 2.3

74.0 ± 4.2

KW/BW (mg/g)

4.5 ± 0.3

4.6 ± 0.4

6.1 ± 0.3

5.5 ± 0.2*

6.3 ± 0.3

6.4 ± 0.3

  1. N = 6 in each group. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM
  2. BW body weight, MBP mean blood pressure, KW kidney weight
  3. *P < 0.05 versus Nx