Fig. 1: Time courses of body weight, food and water intake, SBP, and HR for rats of the four experimental groups.

a–e Changes in body weight, food intake, water intake, SBP, and HR, respectively. All data are means ± SEM (n = 8, 9, 12, and 12 rats in a–e for MetS, MetS + SAT, MetS + HS, and MetS + SAT + HS groups, respectively). *P < 0.05 vs. MetS, †P < 0.05 vs. MetS + SAT, ‡P < 0.05 vs. MetS + HS.