Table 3.
Analysis of mean MN frequencies versus MN frequencies of lymphocytes and MN frequencies of buccal cells
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Confidence interval |
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Mean | SD | DM | SD of difference | Lower | Upper | p-value | ||
Control |
Lymphocytes (N = 27) |
1.11 |
1.28 |
−8.59 |
0.89 |
−10.43 |
−6.75 |
<0.001 |
Buccal cells (N = 27) |
9.70 |
4.76 |
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Cutters | Lymphocytes (N = 16) |
8.87 |
4.05 |
−13.87 | 1.78 | −17.68 | −10.07 | <0.001 |
Buccal cells (N = 16) | 22.75 | 5.78 |
N number of subjects per group considered in the analysis, SD Standard Deviation, DM Differences of the mean, considered statistically significant when p < 0.05. We only considered both individuals for which the obtained information was collected in these analyses.