Table 3.

Distribution of Morphometric Variables across Degrees of Anaplasia

Variable	Nonsevere Anaplasia	Severe Anaplasia	P Value
No.	26	16
Nucleus
Area	7.456 ± 2.402	8.603 ± 5.158	0.722
Perimeter	11.501 ± 1.89	12.370 ± 3.833	0.352
Circularity	0.705 ± 0.077	0.668 ± 0.089	0.205
Caliper
Maximum	4.526 ± 0.792	4.970 ± 1.549	0.247
Minimum	2.457 ± 80.388	2.437 ± 0.825	0.918
Eccentricity	0.788 ± 0.073	0.840 ± 0.109	0.089
Hematoxylin OD
Mean	0.920 ± 0.469	1.624 ± 1.226	0.081
Sum	42.074 ± 20.885	81.348 ± 64.897	0.008
SD	0.263 ± 0.166	0.387 ± 0.428	0.327
Maximum	1.516 ± 0.645	2.516 ± 2.165	0.036
Minimum	0.401 ± 0.545	0.892 ± 0.724	0.045
Range	1.115 ± 0.724	1.623 ± 1.699	0.297
Eosin OD
Mean	0.202 ± 0.299	0.319 ± 1.042	0.022
Sum	8.590 ± 12.297	13.667 ± 40.728	0.014
SD	0.243 ± 0.171	0.369 ± 0.398	0.207
Maximum	0.782 ± 0.568	0.533 ± 0.622	0.230
Minimum	0.333 ± 0.44	1.095 ± 1.9	0.058
Range	1.116 ± 0.783	1.628 ± 1.594	0.297
Cell
Area	32.352 ± 14.49	27.632 ± 10.956	0.327
Perimeter	22.984 ± 5.161	21.474 ± 4.324	0.385
Circularity	0.647 ± 0.139	0.565 ± 0.164	0.119
Caliper
Maximum	8.976 ± 1.883	8.641 ± 1.881	0.613
Minimum	4.791 ± 1.327	4.107 ± 0.99	0.120
Eccentricity	0.803 ± 0.062	0.838 ± 0.096	0.194
Eosin OD
Mean	0.374 ± 0.417	0.017 ± 0.596	0.039
SD	0.291 ± 0.243	0.487 ± 0.661	0.174
Maximum	1.306 ± 1.314	1.331 ± 1.564	0.792
Minimum	0.438 ± 0.474	1.325 ± 1.984	0.036
Cytoplasm hematoxylin OD
Mean	0.444 ± 0.469	0.186 ± 0.496	0.130
SD	0.254 ± 0.231	0.403 ± 0.504	0.137
Maximum	1.250 ± 1.311	1.292 ± 1.574	0.865
Minimum	0.193 ± 0.374	0.940 ± 1.346	0.007
Nucleus-to-cell area ratio	0.295 ± 0.159	0.350 ± 0.201	0.364

OD = optical density; SD = standard deviation.

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise indicated. Boldface indicates statistical significance.