Table 2.

Multiple linear regression of explanatory variables to atherosclerotic lesion area within the aortic sinus of FCG mice

	Estimate	Standard Error	t-value	P-value
(Intercept)	13.23	0.49	26.8	<0.0000000000000002
Body weight (g)	0.01	0.02	0.56	0.58
Sera cholesterol (mg/dl)	−0.00	0.00	−1.43	0.16
Gonadal fat (%)	0.08	0.09	0.88	0.38
Genetic background:
Ldlr−/− mice	−0.07	0.36	−0.19	0.85 < 0.0000000000000002
C57BL/6 mice	−4.62	0.23	−19.95	0.85 < 0.0000000000000002
Sex	−0.09	0.17	−0.56	0.58
Surgery (Intact)	0.01	0.27	0.03	0.98
Sex chromosome genotype	−0.99	0.21	−4.77	0.000011

Reference groups were Apoe^−/− mice (genetic background), female (sex), GDX (surgery), and XX genotype (sex chromosome genotype)