Table 6.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of Ang II and Ang-(1–7)

Protein (ng/g)	Sham	AF-Control	Ad-EGFP	Ad-ACE2	p*	p #	p ♂
Ang II	15.0 ± 7.2	47.8 ± 5.0	50.2 ± 5.5	20.0 ± 5.2	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Ang-(1–7)	8.0 ± 2.6	4.3 ± 2.4	5.2 ± 2.1	11.3 ± 3.0	0.012	0.05	<0.001

* Sham vs. AF-control; ^# Sham vs. Ad-EGFP; ^♂ Ad-ACE2 vs. Ad-EGFP (or AF-control); Ang II, Sham vs. Ad-ACE2, p = 0.123; Ang-(1–7), Sham vs. Ad-ACE2, p = 0.026, n = 7