Table 1.

Morphometric analysis performed on cells, stress fibers, and focal adhesions

Parameters	CUS	CAS	p value
Morphometric descriptor of cell shape
Area (μm2)	2168 ± 1000	1821 ± 721	p < 0.001
Perimeter (μm)	494 ± 301	461 ± 195	n.s.
Aspect ratio (a.u.)	3.02 ± 1.52	4.16 ± 2.35	p < 0.0001
Circularity (0–1) (a.u.)	0.17 ± 0.15	0.13 ± 0.10	p < 0.0001
Morphological characterization of stress fibers
Lenght (μm)	106.1 ± 35.29	98.76 ± 32.13	p < 0.0001
Width (μm)	2.67 ± 0.66	2.76 ± 0.69	p < 0.0001
Morphological characterization of focal adhesions
Area (μm2)	1.43 ± 0.28	1.33 ± 0.37	p < 0.0001
Perimeter (μm)	7.28 ± 1.30	7.42 ± 1.73	n.s.
Aspect ratio (a.u.)	3.58 ± 0.74	3.13 ± 0.68	p < 0.0001

Values represent means ± SD. n.s. no significant.