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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for Feulgen-DNA content and mean nuclear area

From: The study of calcified atherosclerotic arteries: an alternative to evaluate the composition of a problematic tissue reveals new insight including metakaryotic cells

 

Origin

Cell type

Nuclei Nr

Skewness

Kurtosis

DNA pg

SD

Mean μm2

SD

CV

SE

CI

1

Adult

Hard

137

0.4

-0.6

6.0

3.1

72.7

36.9

50.8 %

3.2

66.5–79.0

2

Adult

Soft

306

1.1

1.8

4.3

2.1

57.5

25.9

45.2 %

1.5

54.6–60.4

3

Adult

Soft

48

1.4

2.8

5.6

2.2

66.1

24.7

36.8 %

3.5

59.0–73.1

4

Adult

Soft

92

0.6

0.5

7.0

2.8

68.4

27.

40.4 %

2.9

62.7–74.1

5

Fetus

Hard

145

1.6

2.7

3.1

1.6

46.9

25.3

53.9 %

2.1

42.7–51.0

6

Fetus

Hard

46

1.5

1.7

1.7

0.9

31.4

16.8

53.5 %

2.5

26.4–36.3

7

Fetus

Soft

120

1.1

0.5

4.8

2.4

63.8

32.7

51.2 %

2.9

57.9–69.7

Total

  

894

   

59.2

30.2

51.1 %

1.0

57.2–61.2

cRBC

Control

 

339

-0.1

1.2

2.5a

25.9

5.9

22.6 %

0.3

25.3–26.5

  1. SD standard deviation, CV coefficient of variation, SE standard error, CI confidence interval. Characteristics’ of samples: 1, calcified atherosclerotic carotid; 2, soft atherosclerotic carotid; 3, healthy carotid; 4, abdominal aortic aneurism: 5, Femoral bone 11 weeks; 6, chondroid tissue 14 weeks; 7, fetal aorta 15 weeks
  2. aConstant known quantity of DNA for the standard cRBC (the chicken red blood cells used as internal standards in each sample). Raw data are presented in the Additional file 1
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