Table 3.

Correlation between mast cell count and percentage of collagen mean area in the nondiabetic group

		Mast cell-large tag	Mast cell-small tag	Mast cell-control
Collagen mean area%-large tag	Correlation coefficient	0.550	0.096	0.306
	Sig (2- tailed)	0.052	0.767	0.309
	N	13	12	13
Collagen mean area%-small tag	Correlation coefficient	−0.045	0.926	0.091
	Sig (2- tailed)	0.880	0.001	0.758
	N	15	13	14
Collagen mean area%-Control	Correlation coefficient	0.332	−0.023	0.694
	Sig (2- tailed)	0.292	0.946	0.012
	N	12	11	12

Sig (2– tailed) = P value