Table 3.

Semi-quantitative histological evaluation of the tissues surrounding uncoated and vitamin E-coated meshes

Parameter	Histological score				N	p value
	Plain		Coated
	Mean	St.dev	Mean	St.dev
Collagen organization
1 rabbit	2.3	0.3	1.8	0.2	6	0.04
2 rabbit	2.6	0.3	2.1	0.1	6	0.03
3 rabbit	2.3	0.3	2.0	0.1	6	0.09
4 rabbit	2.2	0.3	1.8	0.3	6	0.02
5 rabbit	2.6	0.6	1.9	0.3	6	0.03
Average	2.3	0.3	1.9	0.2	30	0.02
Neo-vascularization
1 rabbit	2.1	0.5	1.7	0.3	6	0.021
2 rabbit	2.4	0.3	1.7	0.2	6	0.031
3 rabbit	2.3	0.4	1.8	0.3	6	0.022
4 rabbit	2.0	0.3	1.7	0.2	6	0.033
5 rabbit	2.4	0.4	1.9	0.4	6	0.021
Average	2.2	0.3	1.7	0.2	30	0.015
Fatty infiltrates
1 rabbit	2.3	0.3	1.6	0.2	6	0.04
2 rabbit	2.5	0.6	1.7	0.3	6	0.047
3 rabbit	2.5	0.3	2	0.3	6	0.075
4 rabbit	2.2	0.3	1.6	0.2	6	0.02
5 rabbit	2.5	0.5	2.1	0.4	6	0.33
Average	2.4	0.3	1.8	0.3	30	0.01