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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014 Apr 10;34(6):1179–1186. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.303326

Table 1.

Characteristics of KO mice after the indicated period of atherogenic diet

apoE−/− apoE−/−
MMP13−/−		 apoE−/−
MMP8−/−		 apoE−/−
MMP13−/−
MMP8−/−		 P
10 weeks atherogenic diet (n=22) (n=22) (n=14) (n=24)
Body weight (g) 35.8±1.2 30.9±0.7 35.9±0.9 40.9±1.5 <0.0001
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) 568.1±27.1 542.2±29.8 589.5±47.8 520.7±24.83 ns
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 80.7±10.0 68.6±5.0 79.8±7.8 78.0±10.0 ns
24 weeks atherogenic diet (n=28) (n=27) (n=15) (n=31)
Body weight (g) 33.2±0.6 32.3±0.8 36.6±1.5 41.8±1.4 <0.0001
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) 660.1±92.0 844.8±70.5 704.6±58.3 972.4±88.2 0.0028
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 96.9±10.1 115.8±5.6 156.7±24.4 121.3±7.8 0.0201