Electron Lucent Microparticles
Variables
Mean numbers(SD)
Mycoplasmapneumoniae
oxLDL
Inside
Inside
Vulnerable Plaques
2.01 (1.14)
0.85 (0.74)
1.77 (1.36)
Stable Plaques
0.81 (0.60)
0.00 (0.00)
0.31 (0.26)
Normal Arteries
0.67 (0.50)
0.23 (0.42)
0.21 (0.17)
VP vs SP *
0.02
0.008
0.01
VP vs NA*
0.009
0.06
0.008
SP vs NA *
0.64
0.17
0.39
*
(P of t test)
Table 1:
Mean numbers/μm
2
of Electron lucent microparticles (ELMPs).
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
(Mp) and oxLDLantigens inside ELMPs from vulnerable plaques (VP), stable plaques (SP) and normal arteries (NA).
