Table 2.

Histology results from the tibialis anterior, including donor age, muscle fibre size and shape metrics from laminin segmentations, and fibrosis proportions derived from Sirius‐red stains

	BMD (n = 24)	Controls (n = 8)	P‐value
Age, years [range]	41 [19–66]	40 [23–48]	0.76
Laminin fibre segmentation
Cross‐sectional area, μm2	6009 [2207]	3903.9 [1428.8]	0.008*
Minimum Feret diameter, μm	72.5 (7.9)	63.2 (6.9)	0.006*
Perimeter, μm	321.3 [61.8]	258.3 [49.7]	0.010*
Circularity	0.75 [0.03]	0.76 (0.02)	0.222
Sirius‐red fibrosis analysis
Fibrosis proportion, %	21.7 [5.6]	14.9 [3.4]	<0.001*

Note: Data are expressed as mean (standard deviation) or median [interquartile range].

Abbreviation: BMD, Becker muscular dystrophy.

^*Statistically significant at the P = 0.05 level.