Table 3.

Expected sample size to obtain significant differences between the two groups using a conventional approach

	${\overline{m}}_{\mathrm{CTRL}}\left({\overline{m}}_{\mathrm{L}\mathrm{P}\mathrm{S}}\right)$	σ	n	${\overline{m}}_{\mathrm{CTRL}}\left({\overline{m}}_{\mathrm{L}\mathrm{P}\mathrm{S}}\right)$	σ	n
	H			FC
CI	5.9 (4.9)	1.2	36	5.7 (6.1)	1.2	189
CEA (μm2)	953 (908)	253	643	950 (1184)	349	47
Cytoplasm area (μm2)	74.4 (149.4)	42.2	7	62.4 (123.0)	33.0	7
	S			C
CI	7.9 (7.3)	1.6	114	4.5 (3.6)	0.5	7
CEA (μm2)	1378 (1499)	435	272	450 (360)	130	45
Cytoplasm area (μm2)	66.3 (129.2)	34.1	7	123.4 (177.0)	37.9	11

Where $\overline{m}$ is the mean of criteria for the control (LPS) set of data, σ is the common standard deviation of the two groups and n is the expected number of samples to obtain a significant difference