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. 2019 Dec 3;9:18153. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54541-z

Table 2.

Histomorphometric measurements after stent implantation in the rat abdominal aorta.

Wildtype apoE+/+ rats Homozygous apoE−/− knockout rats Heterozygous apoE+/− knockout rats
Normal Diet Western Diet Normal Diet Western Diet Normal Diet Western Diet
Restenosis (%) 7.18 ± 0.54 12.44 ± 1.10 7.80 ± 0.79
7.44 ± 0.88 7.00 ± 0.68 10.47 ± 0.85 13.72 ± 1.70 6.44 ± 0.98 8.95 ± 1.18
Neointimal area (μm2) 245,301 ± 19,545 401,954 ± 36,379 262,804 ± 26,076
252,535 ± 31,798 240,040 ± 24,983 315,225 ± 27,842 458,211 ± 55,604 219,885 ± 34,808 229,364 ± 37,257
Neointimal thickness (μm) 38.32 ± 2.98 65.87 ± 5.82 41.45 ± 4.14
39.62 ± 4.87 37.37 ± 3.81 53.89 ± 4.63 73.64 ± 8.94 34.36 ± 5.33 47.49 ± 6.01
IEL area (μm2) 3,394,754 ± 52,489 3,424,818 ± 92,788 3,475,626 ± 76,789
3,333,736 ± 70,893 3,439,131 ± 74,530 3,104,869 ± 78,204 3,632,353 ± 134,468 3,367,053 ± 90,283 3,568,114 ± 118,274
Luminal area (μm2) 3,149,453 ± 50,620 3,017,717 ± 94,036 3,212,822 ± 80,523
3,081,201 ± 61,964 3,199,091 ± 74,535 2,776,561 ± 70,271 3,174,142 ± 143,262 3,147,168 ± 83,277 3,268,750 ± 131,790

Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean.