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. 2016 Dec 23;137(2):277–283. doi: 10.1007/s00402-016-2616-4

Table 3.

Histologic morphometrics (men vs women)

Measurement Men Women p values
N (number of hands) Mean Median SD N (number of hands) Mean Median SD
Major axis (mm) 86 4.32 4.40 0.78 14 4.32 4.50 0.75 1.00
Minor axis (mm) 86 2.60 2.66 0.54 14 2.50 2.47 0.43 0.61
Cross-sectional area (mm2) 86 8.43 7.91 2.97 14 7.77 7.29 2.88 0.45*
Number of bundles 86 17.03 17.00 4.37 14 17.8 18.00 2.55 0.57

* Was evaluated with the Mann–Whitney test and is based on the median