Figure 2. Systolic Blood Pressure in Control versus Sucrose Fed Rats.
Upper panel: Systolic blood pressures as measured by telemetry over a 12 hour period. Mean blood pressures remain no different between control (starch fed, blue line, n=8) and sucrose-fed (red line, n=9) rats except for the first hour after introduction of food. Lower panel: Serial blood pressures during the first hour after exposure to food shows significant increases in blood pressure in the sucrose fed rats. *p=0.004 Shown are measurements obtained at 2 weeks after initiating the diet.