Table 2.
Stains | n | Micronuclei | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | P | ||
PAP | 15 | 9.93 | 1.43 | 0.0001 |
LG | 15 | 8.40 | 1.40 | |
MGG | 15 | 6.13 | 1.55 | |
H&E | 15 | 4.40 | 1.12 | |
Pairwise comparison | PAP-LG=0.019 | |||
PAP-MGG=0.000 | ||||
PAP-H and E=0.000 | ||||
LG-MGG=0.000 | ||||
LG- H and E=0.000 | ||||
MGG-H and E=0.006 |
PAP: Papanicolaou, LG: Leishman Giemsa, MGG: May–Grunwald–Giemsa, SD: Standard deviation