Research Article

Mosaicism of Mitochondrial Genetic Variation in Atherosclerotic Lesions of the Human Aorta

Table 3

Major mitochondrial genome mutations in different types of total atherosclerotic lesion of morphologically mapped aortas.

MutationsPrimary total atherosclerotic lesionLipofibrous plaquesFibrous plaques
Correlation coefficientAsymptomatic significanceCorrelation coefficientAsymptomatic significanceCorrelation coefficientAsymptomatic significance

652delG0.0930.1460.308*0.091*0.323*0.071*
652insG−0.0750.186−0.0950.125−0.0580.232
A1555G−0.359**0.048**−0.401**0.039**−0.0840.195
C3256T0.368**0.045**0.407**0.045**0.352**0.050**
T3336C0.426**0.034**0.437**0.025**0.1030.119
C5178A0.365**0.046**0.439**0.023**0.356**0.048**
G12315A0.353**0.050**0.409**0.041**−0.367**0.046**
G13513A−0.423**0.035**−0.437**0.021**0.0950.143
G14459A0.403**0.042**0.463**0.026**0.0730.191
G14846A−0.1070.117−0.351**0.050**0.0520.214
G15059A0.405**0.043**0.471**0.015**0.0620.203

Correlation of mutations with atherosclerotic lesions at level of significance; **significant correlation of mutations with atherosclerotic lesions ().