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. 2020 Mar 26;11:204. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00204

Table 2.

Effect of diagnosis on microglia adjacent to oligodendrocytes and on oligodendrocytes adjacent to microglia.

Microglia adjacent to oligodendrocytes
Controls (n=20) Schizophrenia (n=21) F(1,37) p Cohen’s d Controls (n=20) SPPS (n=12) SPNS (n=9) F(2,36) p Cohen’s d
Mean±SEM Mean±SEM Mean±SEM Mean±SEM Mean±SEM SPPS/ Controls SPNS/ Controls
Areaofmicroglia(μm2) 18.92±0.01 19.61±0.9 0.26 0.615 0.20 18.92±0.01 18.95±0.9 20.49±1.7 0.88 0.424 0,01 0.43
Areaofnucleus (μm2) 10.14±3.6 10.19±0.5 <0.00 0.985 0.03 10.14±3.6 10.01±0.4 10.43±1.0 0.04 0.956 0,09 0.15
Areaofcytoplasm(μm2) 8.78±0.3 9.42±0.7 0.42 0.522 0.24 8.78±0.3 8.93±0.7 10.07±1.3 1.19 0.315 0,07 0.45
Nucleus/cytoplasmratio 1.95±1.7 1.95±0.2 0.01 0.913 0.01 1.95±1.7 1.95±0.3 1.96±0.3 0.15 0.863 0,00 0.02
Areaofmitochondria (μm2) 0.90±1.0 0.38±0.01 29.47 <0.001*** 1.33 0.90±1.0 0.35±0.1 0.40±0.1 14.56 <0.001*** 1,34 1.27
Vvofmitochondria (%) 10.15±1.3 3.77±0.5 50.98 <0.001*** 1.50 10.15±1.3 3.37±0.8 4.31±0.7 25.33 <0.001*** 1,53 1.49
N ofmitochondria 1.68±0.2 0.65±0.1 33.91 <0.001*** 1.36 1.68±0.2 0.54±0.1 0.80±0.2 17.60 <0.001*** 1,44 1.23
Areaofvacuoles (μm2) 0.85±0.7 1.57±0.2 7.27 <0.05* 0.77 0.85±0.7 1.69±0.3 1.41±0.3 4.11 <0.05* 0,88 0.76
Vvofvacuoles (%) 9.25±0.01 17.54±2.5 9.79 <0.01** 0.83 9.25±0.01 19.51±3.7 14.91±3.2 6.35 <0.01** 1,01 0.77
N ofvacuoles 1.70±0.1 3.20±0.5 6.19 <0.05* 0.72 1.70±0.1 3.48±0.8 2.81±0.7 3.75 <0.05* 0,84 0.67
Area of lipofuscin granules μm2) 0.21±0.1 0.56±0.1 11.96 <0.01** 1.09 0.21±0.1 0.61±0.1 0.49±0.1 5.81 <0.01** 1,28 1.08
Vvoflipofuscingranules (%) 1.80±1.0 5.28±0.9 13.10 <0.001*** 0.99 1.8±1.0 6.03±1.3 4.29±1.0 7.01 <0.01** 1,15 0.99
N oflipofuscingranules 0.11±0.2 0.32±0.1 9.95 <0.01** 0.90 0.11±0.2 0.30±0.1 0.33±0.1 5.37 <0.01** 1,06 0.99
Cell density (N /mm2) 59.97±4.1 69.88±5.4 1.50 0.228 0.42 59.97±4.1 70.04±8.8 69.67±5.3 0.75 0.478 0,40 0.48
Oligodendrocytes adjacent to microglia
Areaofoligodendrocyte(μm2) 38.87±0.7 45.97±1.8 9.34 <0.01** 0.87 38.87±0.7 43.84±2.0 48.8±3.1 5.50 <0.01** 0,71 1.15
Areaofnucleus (μm2) 15.67±5.3 18.4±1.0 3.79 0.059 0.60 15.67±5.3 17.25±1.3 19.93±1.6 2.60 0.088 0,38 0.91
Areaofcytoplasm (μm2) 23.21±0.01 27.57±1.1 8.75 <0.01** 0.85 23.21±0.01 26.6±0.9 28.87±2.2 4.66 <0.05* 0,79 0.99
Nucleus/cytoplasmratio 0.81±2.0 0.78±0.01 0.26 0.614 0.15 0.81±2.0 0.77±0.1 0.80±0.1 0.23 0.794 0,21 0.05
Areaofmitochondria(μm2) 1.31±0.1 0.75±0.1 30.53 <0.001*** 1.26 1.31±0.1 0.76±0.1 0.74±0.1 15.10 <0.001*** 1,23 1.35
Vvofmitochondria (%) 5.88±3.1 2.75±0.3 42.67 <0.001*** 1.39 5.88±3.1 2.9±0.5 2.56±0.3 20.84 <0.001*** 1,31 1.48
N ofmitochondria 2.70±1.6 1.52±0.1 35.45 <0.001*** 1.31 2.70±1.6 1.53±0.2 1.50±0.2 17.52 <0.001*** 1,27 1.43
Areaofvacuoles (μm2) 0.28±2.2 0.84±0.2 8.83 <0.01** 1.02 0.28±2.2 0.83±0.3 0.84±0.2 4.24 <0.05* 1,06 1.06
Vvofvacuoles (%) 0.80±0.2 2.01±0.5 3.64 0.065 0.64 0.80±0.2 1.66±0.7 2.47±0.7 2.81 0.074 0,45 0.95
N ofvacuoles 0.32±0.3 0.84±0.2 4.17 <0.05* 0.65 0.32±0.3 0.48±0.2 1.31±0.4 7.09 <0.01** 0,34 1.13
Area of lipofuscin granules (μm2) 0.32±0.01 0.91±0.1 28.62 <0.001*** 1.33 0.32±0.01 0.94±0.1 0.88±0.1 14.06 <0.001*** 1,35 1.59
Vvoflipofuscingranules (%) 1.18±0.1 3.43±0.4 30.51 <0.001*** 1.32 1.18±0.1 3.62±0.6 3.17±0.4 15.45 <0.001*** 1,38 1.55
N oflipofuscingranules 0.21±0.1 0.63±0.1 33.22 <0.001*** 1.37 0.21±0.1 0.68±0.1 0.54±0.1 18.37 <0.001*** 1,45 1.57
Cell density (N /mm2) 59.04±4.4 67.75±5.2 1.25 0.271 0.38 59.04±4.4 66.42±8.5 69.53±5.0 0.73 0.487 0,30 0.54

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.