Figure 2

Atherosclerotic plaque burden in the different aortic areas in female (A) and male (B) apoE-deficient mice. Atherosclerosis is expressed as the % area covered by lipid Oil Red O staining. P-values are the result of post hoc Tukeys' test when the ANOVA was significant. aatherosclerotic lesion is significantly different than control group (P < 0.01), and blesion is significantly different from corn oil group (P < 0.01). EVO, extra virgin olive oil.