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

Table 5.

Relationship between microvessel count (MVC) and mucosal surface-vessel distance

	Average MVC (no. of microvessels/mm²)
	Upper (≤150)^a	Middle (>150 to ≤300)^a	Lower (>300 to ≤450)^a
Normal mucosa (NM)	157.3 ± 51.5	82.7 ± 32.0	84.0 ± 51.0
Hyperplasia (HP)	97.3 ± 62.3	118.7 ± 52.8	70.7 ± 31.6
Tubular adenoma (TA)	89.3 ± 40.5	174.7 ± 43.6	84.0 ± 56.6

Microvessel count was defined as the sum of the number of all individual microvessels in a field. MVC differed significantly between NM and HP (P = 0.04) and between HP and TA (P = 0.012) 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)