Figure 2From: Apolipoprotein E mRNA expression in mononuclear cells from normolipidemic and hypercholesterolemic individuals treated with atorvastatinPlasma lipid profile according to APOE mRNA expression levels. Patients were grouped in levels of APOE mRNA expression according to tercile values (first tercile [low]: 2-ΔCt < 7.7x10-5; second tercile [intermediate]: 2-ΔCt: 7.7 x10-5 - 17.1 x10-5; third tercile [high]: 2-ΔCt > 17.1 x10-5) and plasma lipids were compared among the groups by one way ANOVA and Tukey test. TC, total cholesterol; LDL-c, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-c, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; apoAI, apolipoprotein AI; apoB, apolipoprotein B; (*), p < 0.05. Conversion factors to convert to Systeme Internacional (SI) units are 0.02586 for cholesterol (mmol/l), 0.01129 for triglycerides (mmol/l) and 0.01 for apolipoproteins (g/l).Back to article page