TABLE 2.

Quantification of the In Vitro Aortic Valve Results

	Control	LDL10	LDL10+A10	A10
Lrp5	10.44%	105.06%	66.99%	67.99%
β-catenin	39.54%	68.68%	65.51%	24.04%
Osteopontin	48.94%	115.15%	71.72%	24.30%
P42/p44	93.61%	93.85%	87.73%	52.07%
Thymidine incorporation	2190±241	5087±305**	3094±358*	2111±227

LDL indicates low density lipoprotein; A, atorvastatin.

^*P<0.05 for cholesterol vs atorvastatin;

^**P<0.05 for control vs cholesterol.