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Table 3 Maximum aortic diameters of mice exposed to saline or angiotensin II that did or did not develop macroscopic aneurysms used in the microarray experiment (study 2).

From: Whole genome expression analysis within the angiotensin II-apolipoprotein E deficient mouse model of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Group

Diameter (mm)

 

Arch

Thoracic

Suprarenal

Infrarenal

Average Maximum#

Angiotensin II and aortic aneurysm (n = 5)

1.61 ± 0.18

1.11 ± 0.15

2.06 ± 0.48

0.72 ± 0.18

1.38 ± 0.17

Angiotensin II and no aortic aneurysm (n = 7)

1.34 ± 0.10

0.9 ± 0.10

1.13 ± 0.19

0.65 ± 0.09

1.0 ± 0.07

Saline controls (n = 6)

1.35 ± 0.11

1.16 ± 0.11

0.97 ± 0.08

0.67 ± 0.06

1.0 ± 0.06

  1. Data represent mean values ± standard deviation; #calculated by averaging maximum diameters for all 4 aorta regions in each mouse.
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