Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 2 Comparison of atheroma plaque in aortic cuts of four groups of rabbits fed with high cholesterol diets

From: Lipid lowering by hydroalcoholic extracts of Amaranthus Caudatus L. induces regression of rabbits atherosclerotic lesions

Groups	Plaque thickness	Plaque stage	Plaque thickness to media thickness
GroupII	1.2 ± 0.34356	1	More than half of media thickness
Group III	2.76 ± 0.360555	2	Plaque at least half as thick as media
Group IV	1.26 ± 0.416333^a	1	More than half of media thickness
Group V	086 ± 0.503322 ^a	1	More than half of media thickness

Group ΙΙ: Standard diet + cholesterol (75^th days)
Group ΙΙI: Standard diet + cholesterol (45^th days)
Group IV: Standard diet + cholesterol for 45^th days and Standard diet for 30^th days
Group V: Standard diet + cholesterol for 45^th days and Standard diet + A. caudatus for 30^th days
aSignificant difference between Group V and Group IV with GroupII. (p < 0.05)

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