Table 1

Relative influence of the number of sections per animal and the number of animals per group on mucin detection levels. The numbers shown here represent the fold of changes over control group required to reach statistical significance.
Mucin
 Number of animals

3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10

2 sections
 4.78
 3.39
 2.83
 2.52
 2.32
 2.17
 2.07
 1.98
3 sections
 4.22
 3.08
 2.61
 2.34
 2.17
 2.04
 1.95
 1.88
4 sections
 3.95
 2.92
 2.50
 2.25
 2.09
 1.98
 1.89
 1.82
5 sections
 3.79
 2.83
 2.43
 2.20
 2.05
 1.94
 1.85
 1.79
Eosinophils
 Number of animals

3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10

2 sections
 8.79
 5.46
 4.25
 3.61
 3.22
 2.94
 2.74
 2.58
3 sections
 7.65
 4.90
 3.88
 3.33
 2.98
 2.75
 2.57
 2.43
4 sections
 7.11
 4.63
 3.69
 3.19
 2.87
 2.65
 2.48
 2.35
5 sections
 6.80
 4.47
 3.58
 3.10
 2.80
 2.59
 2.43
 2.31
Neutrophils
 Number of animals

3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10

2 sections
 3.89
 2.89
 2.47
 2.23
 2.07
 1.96
 1.88
 1.81
3 sections
 3.69
 2.77
 2.38
 2.16
 2.02
 1.91
 1.83
 1.77
4 sections
 3.59
 2.71
 2.34
 2.13
 1.99
 1.89
 1.81
 1.75
5 sections
 3.53
 2.68
 2.31
 2.11
 1.97
 1.87
 1.79
 1.73

Apfeldorfer et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2008 3(Suppl 1):S16   doi:10.1186/1746-1596-3-S1-S16
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