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. 2021 Mar 26;22(7):3395. doi: 10.3390/ijms22073395

Table 3.

Comparison between the expression of RUNX2 in bone fracture callus and unfractured control areas.

Expression of RUNX2
(Positive Cells/mm2)
Unfractured Control Bone Fracture Callus Mann–Whitney U Test (p-Values)
Osteoblasts (4, 7, and 14 days) 96.1 (19.0) 245.2 (95.9) 0.008
111.4 (41.3) 200.6 (51.3) 0.016
80.6 (29.6) 393.3 (146.1) 0.002
Osteocytes (4, 7, and 14 days) 0.0 (0.0) 129.2 (111.3) 0.008
0.0 (0.0) 187.0 (258.2) 0.007
0.0 (0.0) 249.1 (95.9) 0.001
Immature chondrocytes (4, 7, and 14 days) 0.0 (0.0) 129.0 (37.5) 0.007
0.0 (0.0) 109.8 (13.4) 0.007
0.0 (0.0) 610.2 (182.1) 0.001
Mesenchymal cells (4, 7, and 14 days) 69.0 (35.0) 83.4 (44.7) 0.548
99.8 (30.7) 217.0 (40.0) 0.008
212.9 (80.7) 270.6 (105.9) 0.190

Values are expressed as mean (SD).