Table 8. Analysis of significance between different groups by mean comparison and one-way ANOVA in HE-stained pathological sections.
| Dependent variables | Degree of inflammation | Numbers of HE | Mean ± standard deviation | P values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||||
| Length of basilar part (px) | Normal | 12 | 215.97±84.82 | 0.393 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Mild | 10 | 317.73±108.08 | 0.047 | 0.000 | ||
| Moderate | 11 | 517.55±130.60 | 0.024 | |||
| Severe | 19 | 743.86±273.49 | ||||
| Height of submucosa + thickness of muscularis (px) | Normal | 16 | 277.74±43.54 | 0.336 | 0.158 | 0.000 |
| Mild | 6 | 259.27±42.33 | 0.025 | 0.000 | ||
| Moderate | 11 | 304.31±60.95 | 0.006 | |||
| Severe | 19 | 352.27±33.79 | ||||
The significance level is set at α =0.05, and the differences are significant when P<0.05. ANOVA, one-way analysis of variance; HE, hematoxylin and eosin.