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. 2012 Jul 18;7(7):e41147. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041147

Table 1. Effect of treatment with NaHS on plaque development in aortic arch, brachiocephalic artery (BCA) and common carotid artery (CCA) by ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) technology.

	Aortic arch IMT	CCA IMT	Plaque area in BCA
	(mm)	(mm)	(mm²)
chow + saline	0.0537±0.0069	0.0415±0.0051	0.0511±0.0064
Fat + saline	0.1450±0.0076^*	0.1213±0.0115^*	0.1660±0.0139^*
Fat + early NaHS treatment	0.0879±0.0065^**	0.0621±0.0062^** ^#	0.0816±0.0137^** ^#
Fat + delayed NaHS treatment	0.0969±0.0074^**	0.0930±0.0044^**	0.1226±0.0064^**

^*

P<0.05, vs. chow + saline group;

^**

P<0.05, vs. fat + saline group;

^#

P<0.05, vs. fat + delayed NaHS treatment group.