Fig. 7
From: Sex differences in cardiac remodeling post myocardial infarction with acute cigarette smoking
Effect of cigarette smoke (CS) on collagen content of the infarcted and peri-infarcted areas in males and females. Collagen accumulation in both infarcted and peri-infarct area (IA and PIA, respectively) showed significance enhancement in CS-exposed MI male mice only. a = MIF (n = 15), b = MIM (n = 15), c = SMIF (n = 15), and d = SMIM (n = 15). MI myocardial infarction, MIF MI female group, MIM MI male group, SMIF smoking plus MI female group, SMIM smoking plus MI male group. p ≤ 0.05 (*) and p ≤ 0.001 (***); t test