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Table 2 Histomorphometric analysis of the iliac cartilage of IS and control subjects (expressed as median (minimum, maximum))

From: Accelerated endochondral growth in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a preliminary histomorphometric study

 

HZ thickness (μm)

Area of cell-nest in HZ (μm2)

Number of HC (/cell-nest)

Number of PC (/microscope)

IS (Risser = 0)

270.8(196.9, 318.0)

6566.8(3009.9, 10306.7)

14.2(8.0, 16.6)

111.8(79.0, 202.0)

Control (Risser = 0)

226.6(91.0, 328.4)*

5433.2(1850.7, 19223.0)*

10.1(5.3, 13.1)*

86.6(67.0, 131.0)*

IS (Risser = 2)

182.8(134.0, 310.0)

4721.1(2347.0, 13006.0)

9.0 (6.4, 14.8)

80.7(67.0, 110.0)

Control (Risser = 2)

165.5(138.0, 194.0)

4388.1(2581.8, 11544.0)

8.7 (6.5, 11.5)

78.6(62.0, 83.0)

  1. HZ: hypertrophic zone; HC: chondrocytes in hypertrophic zone; PC: chondrocytes in the proliferative zone; IS: idiopathic scoliosis.
  2. The Mann–Whitney U test were used to compare IS and control subjects, *:P < 0.05.
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