Antibody against oxidized low density lipoprotein may predict progression or regression of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease
Teruo Inoue, MD, FACCa,
Toshihiko Uchida, MDa,
Hirotoshi Kamishirado, MDa,
Kan Takayanagi, MD, FACCa and
Shigenori Morooka, MDa
a Department of Cardiology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan

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Figure 1 Comparison of the anti-Ox-LDL titer among the progression group, the no-change group and the regression group. The titer was higher in the progression group than in the regression group or the no-change group. There was no significant difference in the antibody titer between the regression group and the no-change group.
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Figure 2 Correlation between the Gensini score and the antibody against oxidized low density lipoprotein (anti-Ox-LDL) titer (left) and between the Progression-Regression score and the antibody titer (right). The anti-Ox-LDL titer did not correlate with the Gensini score, but correlated with the Progression-Regression score.
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