Table 1.

Summary of the kinetics of fibrin polymerization on the top of HMEC-1 at different fibrinogen concentrations

	Fibrin + Cells		Fibrin
Fg (mg/mL)	Slope (mOD/s)×100	MaxAbs (mOD)	Slope (mOD/s)×100	MaxAbs (mOD)
0.5	50 ± 7*	305 ± 20*	33 ± 4	221 ± 14
1	83 ± 3*	494 ± 16*	61 ± 2	406 ± 10
2	111 ± 5*	976 ± 45	132 ± 11	1019 ± 58
3	519 ± 59	1715 ± 42	668 ± 154	1543 ± 179
5	710 ± 37	1890 ± 113*	710 ± 103	1657 ± 82

Results are expressed as the mean (± SD)

Fg fibrinogen, MaxAbs maximum absorbance

*p < 0.05 Comparison between fibrin polymerization parameters of clots formed on the top of the cells with those performed in its absence