Table 3.
Stains | n | Micronuclei | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | P | ||
PAP | 15 | 11.40 | 1.72 | 0.0001 |
LG | 15 | 10.26 | 1.53 | |
MGG | 15 | 8.40 | 1.45 | |
H&E | 15 | 5.40 | 1.40 | |
Pairwise comparison | PAP-LG=0.192 | |||
PAP-MGG=0.000 | ||||
PAP-H and E=0.000 | ||||
LG-MGG=0.008 | ||||
LG-H and E=0.000 | ||||
MGG-H and E=0.000 |
PAP: Papanicolaou, LG: Leishman Giemsa, MGG: May–Grunwald–Giemsa, SD: Standard deviation