Table 1 Comparison of MVD, number of mature vessels (LH39+) and putative immature vessels (αVβ3+) between follicles and paracortex in reactive hyperplasia and follicular lymphomas (paired samples t-test)

From: Vascular patterns in reactive lymphoid tissue and in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

 

Follicles

 

Paracortex

P -value

Reactive, nodes and tonsils (17)

 MVD

68.7

vs

282.5

<0.0009

 LH39+vessels

77.8

vs

97.7

<0.0009

αVβ3+vessels

10.2

vs

22.6

=0.044

Follicular lymphoma, All (23)

 MVD

65.9

vs

184.6

<0.0009

 LH39+vessels

75.8

vs

90.4

<0.0009

αVβ3+vessels

45.8

vs

66.1

=0.006