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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech Eng. 2009 Dec;131(12):121005. doi: 10.1115/1.4000168

TABLE 1.

Comparison of the geometric features of the aortic arch region of C57BL/6 and 129/SvEv mice. Data are presented as mean±SD. See text for definitions of parameters.

Mouse Strain
Parameter C57BL/6 (n=7) 129/SvEv (n=7) p-value
Shape a 0.50±0.27 0.44±0.12 NS
b 2.51±0.58 3.20±0.57 0.022
DFP (mm) 0.059±0.046 0.125±0.075 0.049
Vessel Diameter (mm) In-plane 0.93±0.15 0.84±0.10 <0.001
Out-of-plane 0.88±0.13 0.72±0.10 <0.001
Branch Locations RIA −0.46±0.80 −2.01±1.21 (n=6) 0.013
CCA 0.25±0.49 (n=6) −0.68±1.13 0.041
SCA 1.40±0.59 0.93±0.78 NS