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Table 2. Morphometric analysis of the myocardium in C57BL/6 LDLr^−/− mice 6 weeks after saline injection or gene transfer with Adnull (controls), gene transfer with AdLDLr, and gene transfer with AdA-I.

	Controls n = 13	AdLDLr n = 14	AdA-I n = 10
Cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area (µm²)	219±18	184±10	188±8
Cardiomyocyte density (number/mm²)	4490±300	5410±230^*	4900±180
Capillary density (number/mm²)	5820±360	7460±330^**	7190±410^*
Capillary density/cardiomyocyte density	1.29±0.05	1.38±0.04	1.46±0.05^*
Relative vascularity (µm⁻²)	0.00639±0.00045	0.00782±0.00043^*	0.00794±0.00046^*

Data are expressed as means ± SEM.

:p<0.05,

^**

:p<0.01 for comparison versus Controls.

Table 2. Morphometric analysis of the myocardium in C57BL/6 LDLr−/− mice 6 weeks after saline injection or gene transfer with Adnull (controls), gene transfer with AdLDLr, and gene transfer with AdA-I.