Echocardiographic data from the four treatment groups at week 1 and week12.

Abbreviations: LVIDd, left ventricular end-diastolic internal diameter; IVSd, end-diastolic interventricular septal thickness; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVPWd, left ventricular end-diastolic posterior wall thickness; E/A, ratio of the early to the late peak diastolic transmitral flow velocity; MFS, midwall fractional shortening; SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rat; WKY, Wistar–Kyoto rat; SHR+QH, high-dose quercetin-treated group; SHR+QL, low-dose quercetin-treated group. Data are expressed as the mean ± sem (n = 8 for each group).*P#P