L-Arginine Ameliorates High-Fat Diet-Induced Atherosclerosis by Downregulating miR-221

Table 1

Thickness of the tunica media (TM) and tunica intimae (TI) in normal and high-fat-diet group rats.

Group	TI thickness (µm)	TM thickness (µm)
Normal	9.25 ± 0.78	118.82 ± 4.95
	105.71 ± 3.95	150.52 ± 6.41
Prevention	60.46 ± 2.41	174.16 ± 4.96
Statin	21.98 ± 1.35	210.21 ± 5.01

Notes: compared to normal control group: ; compared to high-fat-diet group, .