Table 5

Effect of intimal thickness or remodelling on late lumen loss


Control
Probucol
LXS
HXS
Combined

Late loss (mm)
1.32 ± 0.71
0.74 ± 0.39 ▲▲
0.78 ± 0.33 ▲▲
0.59 ± 0.28 ▲▲

Mean intimal thickness × 2 (mm)
0.71 ± 0.42
0.35 ± 0.29 ▲
0.28 ± 0.03 ▲▲
0.21 ± 0.12 ▲▲

Discrepancy (remodelling)
0.60 ± 0.39
0.39 ± 0.22
0.50 ± 0.31 ▲
0.37 ± 0.23 ▲▲

Contribution of thickness (%)
51 ± 15
42 ± 19
44 ± 27
35 ± 19
41 ± 20
Contribution of remodelling (%)
49 ± 15
58 ± 19
56 ± 27
65 ± 19
59 ± 20

Values are mean ± SD. No values were significantly different between groups by ANOVA (P > 0.05). P < 0.05,

Xu et al. Chinese Medicine 2006 1:2   doi:10.1186/1749-8546-1-2