Overexpression of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Increases Macrophage-Derived Foam Cell Accumulation in Atherosclerotic Lesions of Transgenic Rabbits

Table 1

The body weight, weight of the major organs, blood pressure, and heart rate in Tg and non-Tg littermates at the end of the experiments. Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM, for each group.

	Non-Tg	Tg
Body weight (Kg)	3.40 ± 0.23	3.55 ± 0.21
Heart weight (g)	5.88 ± 1.05	6.44 ± 0.88
Kidney weight (g)	14.70 ± 1.94	15.78 ± 3.14
Liver weight (g)	96.92 ± 13.95	107.62 ± 9.07
SBP (mmHg)	99.5 ± 5.8	96.7 ± 7.8
DBP (mmHg)	87.6 ± 5.4	85.7 ± 6.6
Heart rate (BPM)	299.2 ± 13.4	248 ± 14.6

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; BMP: beats per minute.