. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 23.

Published in final edited form as: Microcirculation. 2008 Oct;15(7):621–631. doi: 10.1080/10739680802308334

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of mice and individual arterioles used in the present study

	C57	ApoE	LDLR
Mass (g)	33±2	34±2	33±2
MAP (mmHg)	88±4	92±3	106±5^*^†
[Glucose]_blood (mg/dl)	84±7	103±11	115±7^*
[Insulin]_plasma (ng/ml)	1.1±0.3	1.6±0.3	2.8±0.5^*
[Total Cholesterol]_plasma (mg/dl)	88±9	288±17^*	364±22^*^†
[LDL Cholesterol]_plasma (mg/dl)	49±5	260±11^*	338±19^*^†
[Triglycerides]_plasma (mg/dl)	88±10	175±14^*	116±18^†
Nitrotyrosine_plasma (ng/ml)	14±5	54±11^*	60±14^*
Inner Diameter – Active (μm)	54±4	55±5	51±4
Inner Diameter – Passive (μm)	128±5	122±4	118±7
Active Tone (%)	57±3	55±4	56±4

p<0.05 vs. C57;

^†

p<0.05 vs. ApoE.