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. 2015 Sep 29;5:14634. doi: 10.1038/srep14634

Table 4. Categorisation of the pancreatic islet by their surface area.

Section Islets by size
Total Mean SD
<= 1000 μm2 >1000 and <10,000 μm2 >10,000 and <100,000 μm2 >100,000 μm2
Head (B1) 37 605 262 6 910 227.5 ±276.3
Neck (B2) 57 555 198 3 813 203.2 ±248.4
Body (B3) 236 1404 417 0 2057 514.2 ±617.2
Tail (B4) 163 1050 428 2 1643 410.7 ±460.9
Total 493 3614 1305 11 5423 1355.7 ±1597.3
Mean 123.2 903.5 326.2 2.7      
SD ±93.3 ±401 ±114.2 ±2.5