Table 4.

Quantification of Macrophage Staining in Human Coronary Artery Sections

Sample number	Intimal region type	Sex	Age	Macrophage phenotype (% of total immunolabeled cells)
				CD68+ CD14+	CD68+ CD14−	CD68− CD14+
1	Normal	Female	70	33	53	14
2	Normal*	Female	57	45	55	0
3	Normal	Male	72	39	61	15
			mean ± SEM	39 ± 3†	56 ± 2‡	10 ± 5
4	Lesion	Male	73	73	27	0
5	Lesion	Female	57	82	12	6
6	Lesion	Male	49	69	24	7
			mean ± SEM	75 ± 4†	21 ± 5‡	4 ± 2

^*Normal intimal region in vessel wall opposite of sample 5 lesion. 

^†Comparison between normal and atherosclerotic lesions, P < 0.05. 

^‡Comparison between normal and atherosclerotic lesions, P < 0.05.