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. 2002 Oct 15;8(5):847–852. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v8.i5.847

Table 2.

Comparison of cell proliferation in proximal and distal hemicrypts of normal and DMH rat colon

Parameters	Normal control		DMH
Parameters	Proximal	Distal	Proximal	Distal
Cells/hemi-crypt	34.45 ± 0.39	31.45 ± 0.2^a	49.09 ± 0.65^b	42.68 ± 0.53^a ^c
Labelled cells	2.49 ± 0.16	2.74 ± 0.11	5.7 ± 0.24^b	5.67 ± 0.23^c
Total LI	7.2 ± 0.45	8.65 ± 0.34^a	11.55 ± 0.45^b	13.13 ± 0.46^a ^c
Proliferative zone	16.75 ± 1.45	21.74 ± 1.07^a	35.52 ± 1.58^b	39.6 ± 1.32^a ^c
LI of proliferative zone	59.43 ± 3.39	56.55 ± 2.13	39.84 ± 1.77^b	38.89 ± 1.5^c

Values expressed as mean ± SEM.

^a

P < 0.05 when distal is compared to proximal in the same group,

^b

P < 0.05 when DMH proximal is compared to normal proximal,

^c

P < 0.05 when DMH distal compared to normal distal.