Table III.

Expression of ABCA1 and RXRα mRNA in plaques and control arteries.

	ABCA1 mRNA	RXRα mRNA
Plaques
Grade I (n=14)	0.67±0.05a	0.67±0.03a
Grade II (n=22)	0.97±0.05a,b	0.95±0.05a,b
Grade III (n=12)	0.77±0.04a	0.74±0.04a
Control arteries (n=10)	0.37±0.04	0.39±0.04

^ap<0.05 vs. control arteries;

^bp<0.05 vs. control arteries.