Fig. 4.
Pressure-strain elastic modulus (Ep;a) and aortic stiffness (b) for each group. DD and Eln+/– mice had significantly greater Ep values compared to wild-type littermates (* p < 0.05). No groups had stiffness values that differed significantly from their wild-type littermates, but DD and D/P mice did have greater vessel stiffness values compared to PD mice (a p < 0.05). Means ± SD.