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Figure 2 Analysis of the vascular lesions. Top, Photomicrographs of representative orcein-stained arterial sections of femoral arteries. A greater neointimal formation (arrows) can be observed in the untreated (A) than in the atorvastatin treated rabbit (B). M, medial layer (magnification x100). Bottom, The atorvastatin-treated group had less severe stenoses estimated both as intima/media ratio (solid bars) or as a percentage of the luminal area occupied by the lesion (open bars). Data are the mean ± SD of seven treated and nine untreated rabbits. *p = 0.001 vs. untreated; **p = 0.038 vs. untreated.