Fig. 9

Effects of acupuncture treatment on aortic nitrite/nitrate level. The level was significantly accentuated after acupuncture treatment when compared with the SHR control and sham-acupuncture group. Data were expressed as means ± SD (*P = 0.0018 for ACU vs. SHR control and # P = 0.0061 for ACU vs. sham-acupuncture)