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Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2013 May 17;14(9):941–947. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.03.005

Table 3.

Measurements of IENF and axonal swelling densities in DL skin biopsies.

	NS		DM		DN-P		DN-NOP
	Median	25-75%	Median	25-75%	Median	25-75%	Median	25-75%
PGP+ IENFD (fiber/mm)	9.76	6.08-13.15	10.7	6.87-15.5	2.62^**^$$$	1.07-8.83	2.16^****^$$$$	1.53-4.64
GAP43+ IENFD (fiber/mm)	3.97	2.26-6.09	5.12	3.68-7.99	1.64^*^$$$	0.34-4.08	0.35^****^$$$$^#	0.25-0.50
GAP43/PGP	0.43	0.33-0.54	0.5	0.40-0.76	0.34^$	0.27-0.47	0.15^***^$$$$^###	0.09-0.20
Axonal swelling/PGP	0.39	0.00-2.96	0.26	0.05-1.75	2.57^*^$$	0.96-4.41	0.80^#	0.23-2.63

^*

p < 0.05

^**

p < 0.01

^***

p < 0.001

^****

p < 0.0001, compare to NS.

^$

p < 0.05

^$$

p < 0.01

^$$$

p < 0.001

^$$$$

p < 0.0001, compare to DM.

^#

p < 0.05

^###

p < 0.001, compare to DN-P.