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. 2013 Jan 21;2013:521413. doi: 10.1155/2013/521413

Table 2.

The Comparisons of bursting pressure and hydroxyproline levels and histopathological variables and scores within the groups.

Outcome measurements Clean-glue
(n = 10)
Clean-control
(n = 10)
P Peritonitis-glue
(n = 10)
Peritonitis-control
(n = 9)
P
Bursting pressure (mmHg) 269.5 ± 12.1 232.5 ± 7.9 <0.001 236.5 ± 20.6 201.1 ± 11.9 0.001

Hydroxyproline level
(mcg/gram tissue)
266.2 ± 51.2 196.4 ± 44.5 0.002 148.8 ± 24.6 108.8 ± 21.8 0.001

Histopathological variables and score
 Total score 14.6 ± 0.8 13.5 ± 0.7 0.007 11.7 ± 1.2 9.1 ± 1.1 0.001
 Inflammatory cell 3.8 ± 0.4 3.4 ± 0.5 0.075 2.2 ± 0.6 2.4 ± 0.5 0.576
 Fibroblasts 3.7 ± 0.5 3.4 ± 0.5 0.189 3.1 ± 0.6 2.2 ± 0.4 0.007
 Neovascularization 3.7 ± 0.5 3.4 ± 0.5 0.189 3.0 ± 0.7 2.2 ± 0.4 0.027
 Collagen 3.4 ± 0.5 3.3 ± 0.5 0.648 3.8 ± 0.5 2.4 ± 0.5 0.004

(Data are presented in mean and standard deviations [±SD]).