Fig 1: Expression of PPBP and DEFA1/DEFA3 genes.Box and whisker plots of PPBP (A) and DEFA1/DEFA3 gene expressions (B) showing altered expression in patient groups vs. controls. mRNA expression (2.0-fold change) relative to ß-actin mRNA in PBMCs obtained from normal, and hyperlipidemia (H) and patients who were diagnosed coronary heart disease (CHD), as determined by RT-qPCR. Horizontal bar, box edges, and whiskers represent the median, the first/third quartiles, and the min/max values, respectively. The comparison of values between groups was determined by Mann-Whitney test. The a level was set at <0.05 with a 95% confidence interval.