Table 3.

Univariate analysis of the correlation between morphometric variables and the evolving clinical phenotypes.

Morphometric variable	B1 phenotype	B2 phenotype	B3 phenotype	p value (ANOVA)	p value (Bonferroni)
Minimum number of inflammatory cell per mm2	3342 ± 1782 95% CI (2824–3859)	3709 ± 2330 95% CI (2586–4832)	4653 ± 2960 95% CI (3567–5739)	0.005	0.047 (B1 VS B3)
Mean overall optical density, Tri-chrome	100 ± 25 95% CI (92–107)	108 ± 24 95% CI (96–120)	115 ± 24 95% CI (106–124)	0.02	0.02 (B1 VS B3)
Mean optical density (Red), Tri-chrome	129 ± 26 95% CI (121–136)	132 ± 29 95% CI (118–145)	144 ± 27 95% CI (135–153)	0.04	0.04 (B1 VS B3)
Minimal overall optical density, Tri-chrome	85 ± 23 95% CI (78–88)	92 ± 22 95% CI (81–102)	99 ± 22 95% CI (91–107)	0.03	0.03 (B1 VS B3)

Values are mean ± standard deviation. ANOVA: analysis of variance; CI: confidence interval.