showed a trendP = 0.08
This difference was not so evident in the aortic root, where DKO mice showed a trend toward smaller lesions compared with ApoE KO mice [1.5 × 10 5 ± 0.1 × 10 5 μm 2 (n = 7) vs. 1.9 × 10 5 ± 0.1 × 10 5 μm 2 (n = 7); P = 0.08; Fig. 1D ].