Establishment and ultrasound characteristics of atherosclerosis in rhesus monkey

Table 1 IMT profile of 2 groups of rhesus monkeys at the end of each phase.

IMT (mm)	high-fat diet for 1 year & standard diet for 1 year (n = 4)			high-fat diet for 2 years (n = 5)
	phase 1	phase 2	phase 3	phase 1	phase 2	phase 3
RCCA	0.33 ± 0.10	0.35 ± 0.13	0.38 ± 0.10	0.39 ± 0.05	0.40 ± 0.07	0.42 ± 0.04
RBIF	0.38 ± 0.05	0.58 ± 0.10*	0.58 ± 0.10*	0.41 ± 0.05	0.51 ± 0.06*	0.60 ± 0.12#
LCCA	0.33 ± 0.06	0.33 ± 0.05	0.35 ± 0.06	0.34 ± 0.06	0.38 ± 0.04	0.38 ± 0.04
LBIF	0.40 ± 0.00	0.45 ± 0.06	0.48 ± 0.05	0.40 ± 0.02	0.46 ± 0.05	0.46 ± 0.05
AO	0.34 ± 0.06	0.55 ± 0.06*	0.55 ± 0.06*	0.48 ± 0.04	0.68 ± 0.11*	1.12 ± 0.23#

ISSN: 1475-925X