Table 1.

Comparison between the expression of Musashi-1 in bone fracture callus and unfractured control areas.

Expression of Musashi-1 (Positive Cells/mm2)	Unfractured Control	Bone Fracture Callus	Mann–Whitney U Test (p-Values)
Osteoblasts (4, 7, and 14 days)	32.0 (8.8)	87.2 (37.2)	0.024
	35.2 (7.4)	270.8 (126.4)	0.008
	48.3 (53.4)	512.9 (131.7)	0.001
Osteocytes (4, 7, and 14 days)	6.0 (2.9)	0.0 (0.0)	0.007
	8.4 (5.0)	177.4 (30.3)	0.012
	8.0 (5.7)	373.8 (77.4)	0.001
Immature chondrocytes (4, 7, and 14 days)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	>0.999
	0.0 (0.0)	164.6 (75.0)	0.008
	0.0 (0.0)	544.3 (158.3)	0.001
Mesenchymal cells (4, 7, and 14 days)	0.0 (0.0)	150.6 (39.8)	0.008
	0.0 (0.0)	351.6 (66.8)	0.007
	0.0 (0.0)	383.0 (173.5)	0.001

Values are expressed as mean (SD).