. 2010 Dec 28;56(6):1811–1817. doi: 10.1007/s10620-010-1519-4

Table 1.

Relationship between microvessel diameter (MVD) and mucosal surface–vessel distance

	Average MVD (µm)
	Upper (≤150)^a	Middle (>150 to ≤300)^a	Lower (>300 to ≤450)^a
Normal mucosa (NM)	7.4 ± 0.9	6.9 ± 1.5	8.8 ± 3.3
Hyperplasia (HP)	7.6 ± 2.1	10.1 ± 3.0	8.7 ± 1.8
Tubular adenoma (TA)	10.9 ± 3.4	8.3 ± 3.1	7.6 ± 1.3

Microvessel diameter was defined as the average diameter of all individual microvessels in each layer. MVD differed significantly between NM and TA (P = 0.002) and between HP and TA (P = 0.034) in the upper layer

^aMicrovessels were divided into the following three groups according to mucosal surface–vessel distance: upper layer (≤150 μm), upper and middle layer (>0 to ≤300 μm), and all layers (>0 to ≤450 μm)