Table 2.

Positive MCC in IH: IH in the proliferative phase showed fewer tryptase positive MCs compared with early involuting phase specimens

Proliferative phase, Cells/HPF	Early involuting phase, Cells/HPF	Late involuting phase, Cells/HPF
21	34	23
16	29	47
15	20	26
20	23	23
25	45	33
35	24	29
21	64	29
49	20	49
20	53	20
	45	28
24.7 ± 10.8a	35.7 ± 15.3a	30.7 ± 9.9a

Proliferative versus early involuting, P = 0.043

^aValues are mean ± SD Cells/HPF