Systolic arterial pressure, body weight and echocardiographic data.

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of mean or median with 25 and 75 percentiles. n: number of rats. C: control group (no supplementation with vitamin D); VD3: supplemented with 3,000 IU VD/kg of chow; VD10: supplemented with 10,000 IU VD/kg of chow. BW: body weight; SAP: Systolic arterial pressure; HR: heart rate; CO: cardiac output; EF: ejection fraction; E: E wave; A: A wave; LA: left atrium; LVEDD: left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic diameter; LVM: left ventricular mass. * p