Table 1. The vascular parameters obtained with CLE and immunohistochemistry in normal mucosa and colorectal cancer.
CLE (Mean±SE) | Immunohistochemistry (Mean±SE) | |||
Vessel diameter (µm) | Vascular density (vessels/mm2) | MVD (vessels/mm2) | Vascular area (%) | |
Normal mucosa | 8.5±0.9 | 188.7±24.9 | 211.2±42.9 | 2.9±0.5 |
Tumor | 13.5±0.7 | 242.44±16.1 | 351.3±39.6 | 8.5±2.1 |
P-value | 0.0049 | 0.1201 | 0.0637 | 0.0735 |