Table 1.
Stains | n | Micronuclei | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | P | ||
PAP | 15 | 7.66 | 1.39 | 0.0001 |
LG | 15 | 6.53 | 0.99 | |
MGG | 15 | 4.93 | 1.09 | |
H&E | 15 | 3.00 | 0.75 | |
Pairwise comparison | PAP-LG=0.03 | |||
PAP-MGG=0.00 | ||||
PAP-H and E=0.00 | ||||
LG-MGG=0.001 | ||||
LG-H and E=0.00 | ||||
MGG-H and E=0.000 |
PAP: Papanicolaou, LG: Leishman Giemsa, MGG: May–Grunwald–Giemsa, SD: Standard deviation