Table 3.

Myocardial and aortic morphometry

	Myocardium
	Relative capillary volume, %	Relative fibrocyte volume, %	Capillary length density, mm2/mm3	AortaWall/Lumen, %
Control (C57Bl/6)	4.1 + 0.8	0.8 + 0.05	6,484 + 917	5.5 + 0.4
apoE−/− × TGFβ1	2.5 + 0.9*	1.1 + 0.2*†	4,783 + 394*	6.9 + 0.5*
apoE−/−	3.0 + 0.8	0.8 + 0.2	5,328 + 540	6.3 + 0.3
TGFβ1	2.9 + 0.9	1.0 + 0.1*†	5,415 + 814	6.6 + 0.5

Values are means ± SE (n = 8/group).

^*P < 0.05 vs. control (C57Bl/6).

^†P < 0.05 vs. apoE^−/−.