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Table 3 Sex effects in mice fed chow and western-type diets

From: CD6 expression has no effect on atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Phenotype

Sex effect chow

Sex effect WTD

P value

P value

Body weight (g)

< 0.0001

0.0002

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

0.07

< 0.0001

HDL-C (mg/dl)

0.0018

0.0013

IgM (μg/ml)

0.61

0.08

Pc-IgM (OD read)

0.19

0.49

B1a cells (% of total cells)

0.0006

0.1

Lesion area (μm2)

0.027

0.49