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