Table 1 Plaque scores of the atherosclerosis after drug treatment*

From: Berberine treats atherosclerosis via a vitamine-like effect down-regulating Choline-TMA-TMAO production pathway in gut microbiota

Drug

No.

Code

Plaque scores before

Plaque scores after

Δ

% of reduction

treatmenta (mm)

treatmentb (mm)

(b-a)

(b-a)/a*100

BBR

1

Y GY

1.6

1.5

−0.1

2

G DW

14.8

14.1

−0.7

3

L JM

5.9

6

0.1

4

L ZF

4.8

4.9

0.1

5

C K

7.6

7.1

−0.5

6

T WM

16.5

15.8

−0.7

7

W YH

2.0

2.0

0

8

L KJ

4.3

4.1

−0.2

9

K LH

1.5

1.5

0

10

Z LY

2.0

1.6

−0.4

11

L CX

2.9

2.8

−0.1

12

F XL

4.2

4.1

−0.1

13

L R

1.5

1.7

0.2

14

W SC

2.8

3.2

0.4

15

C JR

31.6

30.8

−0.8

16

C LJ

2.2

1.9

−0.3

17

Y XY

7.9

8.1

0.2

18

S HB

4.9

5.4

0.5

19

Y CR

2.2

2.2

0

20

S LT

10.2

10

−0.2

21

Q SF

6.5

4.7

−1.8

Mean

 

6.57

6.36

−0.21

−3.2

Statins

1

W JT

6.1

5.8

−0.3

2

Z WT

14.3

9.4

−4.9

3

H Z

14.4

18.8

4.4

4

L SQ

5.0

4.7

−0.3

5

Z YL

8.3

7.8

−0.5

6

L SH

4.2

4.6

0.4

7

L W

2.8

3.5

0.7

8

S BJ

5.6

9.0

3.4

9

L JL

7.4

7.0

−0.4

10

L CL

14.5

20.4

5.9

11

X ZQ

20.7

15.4

−5.3

12

L ZE

4.4

3.3

−1.1

Mean

 

8.98

9.14

0.17

1.9

  1. #China Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR-OPN-17012942.