Figure 5

PWV values in descending murine aortas. Figure 5a shows the individually measured PWVs of ApoE^(-/-) and C57Bl/6J mice plotted versus the body masses. Vertically aligned datapoints belong to the same animal. Figure 5b shows a box-and-whiskers plot of the PWV values of the groups of eight-month-old female ApoE^(-/-) and C57Bl/6J mice. The whiskers indicate the minimum and maximum values in each animal group. The boxes indicate the lower and upper quartiles; the band near the middle of each box represents the median. The ApoE^(-/-) mice received a western type diet 10 weeks prior to the measurements. The PWV values are stated as mean ± standard deviation. The number of measurements on each group is indicated by n.