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. 2016 May-Jun;42(3):585–593. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0289

Table 2. Birefringence analysis of collagen fibers.

Position A Position B Index A/B

PP (SD) Sham (SD) p PP (SD) Sham (SD) p PP (SD) Sham (SD) p
Collagen fibers area (mean percent area) 8.37 (5.32) 10.65 (4.63) 0.24 7.78 (5.18) 11.60 (7.67) 0.24 1.29 (0.24) 1.43 (0.33) 0.27
Collagen density (mean pixel/μm2) 73.58 (48.32) 48.37 (4.42) 1 79.15 (56.35) 50.44 (5.17) 0.73 - -

SD = Standard deviation