Table III.

Quantification of immunohistochemical staining for ABCA1 expression in aortic atherosclerotic lesions among the control, atherosclerotic and rosiglitazone groups at 12 weeks.

Group	Staining intensity	Percentage of ABCA1 protein positive area (%)
AS	0.17±0.03	24.13±9.85
Rosiglitazone	0.22±0.03a	47.06±4.93b

The staining intensity and percentage of adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) protein positive area in aortic plaques were measured between the rabbits in the atherosclerosis (AS) and rosiglitazone groups. Data are expressed as the means ± SEM, n=6.

^aP<0.05

^bP<0.001 vs. AS group.