Table 3.

The quantitative measurements of the number of anti-calcitonin positive C-cells of the thyroid gland and their statistical comparison in different groups and subgroups

		Group I	Group II	Sub group III A1	Sub group III A2	Sub Group III B1	Sub group III B2	ANOVA
								F test		P
C-cells		27.6±2.3	22±2.7	43.2±8.6	35.6±3.8	142±31.2	68±16.8	14.56958		<0.001**
										Tukey’s Test
	I & II	I & III A1	I & III A2	I & III B1	I & III B2	II & III A1	II & III A2	II & III B1	II & III B2	III A1 & III A2	III A1 & III B1	III A1 & III B2	III A2 & III B1	III A2 & III B2	III B1 & III B2
C-cells	0.3	0.05*	0.3	<0.001**	0.005*	0.01*	0.05*	<0.001**	0.004*	0.3	0.003*	0.05*	0.001**	0.01*	0.01*

P>0.05 no significant difference. P≤0.05 significant difference (*). P≤0.001 highly significant difference (**)