Table 2.

Number of myometrial samples collected from each patient and used to assess cumulative uterine contractility, total collagen content and the percentage of the area covered by connective tissue at different time intervals

	Time (min)	CTR	PGE1	PGE2	P*
Uterine contractility
	30	3 [2–3]	3 [2.5–4]	3.5 [2–4]	0.1
	90	2 [1–2]	2 [2–2]	2 [1–2]	0.1
	180	2 [1–2]	2 [2–2]	2 [1–2]	0.1
	360	2 [1–2]	2 [2–2]	2 [1–2]	0.1
TCC
	30	1 [1-1]	1 [1-1]	1 [1-1]	1
	360	1 [1-1]	1 [1-1]	1 [1-1]	1
CT%
	30	1 [1-1]	1 [1-1]	1 [1-1]	1
	360	1 [1-1]	1 [1-1]	1 [1-1]	1

TCC: total collagen content; CT%: percentage of the area covered by connective tissue.

^*Kruskal-Wallis One Way Analysis of Variance on Ranks. Data are reported as median [IQR].