Table 1.
Patient characteristics and correlation between tooth sector in the oral cavity and parameters of angiogenesis
| Characteristics of patients | Vessel surface area (SA1–SA5), μm2 | Number of blood vessels (N1–N5) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA1 | SA2 | SA3 | SA4 | SA5 | P valuea | N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | P valuea | |
| Men | 7.83 | 8.15 | 6.71 | 6.66 | 7.38 | NS | 5.35 | 6.03 | 5.35 | 5.49 | 5.45 | NS |
| Women | 6.45 | 7.29 | 6.64 | 5.73 | 5.03 | 5.50 | 6.71 | 6.36 | 5.36 | 5.57 | ||
| Sector (number) | NS | NS | ||||||||||
| 1 (8) | 10.19 | 10.34 | 7.76 | 7.45 | 9.00 | 7.13 | 7.25 | 6.88 | 5.75 | 6.00 | ||
| 2 (14) | 5.79 | 8.62 | 5.68 | 6.67 | 7.71 | 4.36 | 5.57 | 5.50 | 5.36 | 5.00 | ||
| 3 (32) | 6.30 | 7.24 | 6.96 | 5.74 | 5.71 | 4.78 | 5.69 | 4.78 | 5.09 | 5.34 | ||
| 4 (34) | 8.98 | 7.95 | 6.62 | 6.96 | 7.48 | 5.94 | 6.53 | 5.88 | 5.79 | 5.65 | ||
NS nonsignificant
aValue of Student's t test