Table 1: Mean values with standard (Std) error obtained by Aperio Technologies 2 (AT2) and data obtained by two photon excitation microscopy measures of total fibrosis percent (TFP), aggregated fiber percentage (AFP), total number of fibers (TNF) and number of fiber cross-links (FCL) with associated standard error for means, in relation to averaged and rounded histologic scores.
Score 0 (n = 7) | Score 1 (n = 6) | Score 2 (n = 15) | Score 3 (n = 11) | Score 4 (n = 10) | |||||||
Mean | Std. error | Mean | Std. error | Mean | Std. error | Mean | Std. error | Mean | Std. error | p value | |
TFP (%) | 4.4 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 0.001 |
AFP (%) | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 1.9 | 0.003 |
TNF | 233 | 14 | 233 | 33 | 278 | 28 | 316 | 21 | 535 | 86 | 0.000 |
FCL | 7215 | 1265 | 5420 | 830 | 6786 | 815 | 9964 | 1809 | 18766 | 4655 | 0.003 |
AT2 (%) | 3.2 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 21.2 | 2.8 | 0.000 |