Table 6.

Proliferation in the colon

Age (yr)	Proliferative length epithelium		Proliferating cells (n)
	Absolute (μm)	Relative (%)	Intercrypt lamina propria (/intercrypt space)	Lamina propria below crypts	Muscularis mucosa (/mm length)	Submucosa (/mm length)	Tunica muscularis (/mm length)
0.25	147.4	28.8	2.117	1.59	32.07	5.21	1.33
0.5	179.0	32.2	0.943	1.67	9.20	2.63	0.12
0.75	90.2	20.3	0.388	0.36	0.98	0.78	0.04
0.75	217.8	39.4	2.048	0.79	1.64	1.21	0.09
2	129.8	27.8	0.194	0.28	0.00	0.39	0.00
5	192.0	32.9	2.251	0.89	3.02	1.14	0.17
5	219.5	36.9	0.657	0.71	2.63	0.37	0.11
6	189.2	56.4	0.276	0.11	1.05	0.43	0.59
6	194.4	37.4	0.563	0.33	1.35	0.62	0.10
7	118.4	29.8	0.248	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00
7	158.0	31.8	0.226	0.18	0.00	1.12	0.05
7	215.8	33.3	0.838	0.63	2.01	0.52	0.00
8.5	150.0	37.1	0.583	0.24	1.12	0.00	0.05
10	132.8	26.1	1.059	1.60	3.18	0.21	0.04
12	151.8	32.8	1.031	1.49	6.13	0.27	0.16
12	173.4	33.9	0.6519	0.55	1.84	0.29	0.00
13	132.8	26.1	0.000	0.33	1.79	0.85	0.20
13	163.6	25.5	0.817	0.29	0.66	0.24	0.02
14	138.2	30.9	0.831	0.37	3.27	0.00	0.00
17	234.0	39.4	0.329	0.40	0.00	0.18	0.00