Table 2.

Comparison of telomeric profile parameters per cell between the two defined groups.

Group	Level of Surgery	Total Number of Signals		Total Number of Aggregates		Total Intensity		Average Intensity of All Signals		Nuclear Volume		a/c Ratio		Telomere per Nuclear Volume
		Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev
1	1a	29.8444816	15.5864981	3.23411371	2.64075267	569,912.151	281,821.009	20,387.6865	8092.16645	954,885.37	527,813.807	9.527	5.8	0.03802044	0.02309804
	2a	33.5899160	18.0550011	3.79327731	2.90812548	544,668.245	290,813.157	16,772.3811	4445.41517	1,131,519.38	961,970.627	12.749	45.4	0.27817647	4.15627785
	p value 1a-2a	<0.0001		<0.0001		0.0804		<0.0001		<0.0001		1.0000		0.1053
2	1b	29.5312500	19.7783065	3.28125000	3.27593066	427,011.450	190,557.547	16,499.5065	5437.76924	745,605.69	446,145.342	827,766.671	10,470,359.1	0.06224833	0.06443754
	2b	32.4500000	17.6534779	3.72500000	2.89425803	528,013.631	219,867.712	18,502.6929	7327.63749	865,677.43	470,170.711	7.255	4.4	0.04492112	0.02969461
	p value 1b-2b	0.0365		0.0929		0.0002		0.0020		0.0799		0.0299		0.9524
Group 1 versus group 2 with the different surgeries	p value 1a-1b	0.0518		0.0803		<0.0001		<0.0001		<0.0001		0.0540		0.6117
	p value 1a-2b	<0.0001		0.0002		0.0236		<0.0001		<0.0001		0.5573		0.5642
	p value 2a-1b	0.2070		0.4434		<0.0001		0.0017		<0.0001		0.0542		0.1398
	p value 2a -2b	0.2471		0.2394		0.2244		0.6714		<0.0001		0.5577		0.1222

1a: group 1 first surgery; 2a: group 1 second surgery; 1b: group 2 first surgery; 2b: group 2 second surgery.