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Table 1 Mean (SD) of variables in the cross-sections of aortic segments from infected and sham inoculated apoE KO mice

From: Mycoplasma pneumoniae and/or Chlamydophila pneumoniae inoculation causing different aggravations in cholesterol-induced atherosclerosis in apoE KO male mice

Group

Plaque/internal surface Mean (SD)

External Diameter Mean (SD)

% obstruction

Mean (SD)

plaque height

Inflammation adventitia (0 - 3+)

MP (n = 12)

0.038 (0.037)

0.38 (0.11)

69 (26)

0.20 (0.12)

0.22 (0.67)

CP (n = 7)

0.043 (0.028)

0.37 (0.11)

90(26)

0.23 (0.08)

0.44 (0.53)

MPCP (n = 5)

0.032 (0.027)

0.30 (0.11)

84 (4.0)

0.18 (0.08)

1.33 (0.82)

Sham inoculated (n = 6)

0.02 (0.03)

0.30 (0.11)

42 (46)

0.08 (0.09)

0.71 (0.76)

P (ANOVA and Dunn's test)

0.20

0.27

0.047 (CP vs Sham)

0.07

0.02 (MP vs MPCP)

P (T test)

0.07 (MP vs Sham)

0.06 (CP vs Sham)

  

0.012 (CP vs Sham)

 
  1. MP - Mycoplasma pneumoniae, CP - Chlamydia pneumoniae, SD -Standard Deviation. P values correspond to ANOVA test and Dunn's, for non-normally distributed values or Bonferroni's test for normally distributed values.