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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2008 Sep-Oct;15(5):950–957. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181612cef

FIG. 3.

FIG. 3

Plasma lipid–dependent and –independent effects of dietary soy. A: Characteristics of subsets of casein/lactalbumin (C/L)–treated (n = 21) and soy protein isolate (SPI)–treated (n = 32) animals selected for similar plasma total plasma cholesterol (TPC)/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc) ratios and plaque sizes. B: Relative expression of arterial inflammatory genes in subsets described above. Despite similarities in plaque size and plasma lipid concentrations, animals consuming dietary SPI had significantly lower arterial monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene expression. *P < 0.05.