Figure 1
The density of cell nuclei of villous trophoblasts is graphed as Nearest Neighbor Distance (NND, A,B) and Mean Density (MD, C,D). The gross morphological parameters birth weight and placenta weight are shown in (E,F). The data are depicted by means of Tukey plots (A,C,E) and confidence intervals (B,D,F). The Tukey plots are grouped by clinical diagnosis groups (Control, IUGR), where Control represents clinically normal placentas. Males are represented by grey boxes. The sample mean is represented by a solid dot within the box. Levels of statistical significance are indicated by asterisks (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001) above the Tukey plots for sexual dimorphism and below the Tukey plots for comparison of clinical groups. (A) The figure depicts the NND of PCNA-negative (PCNA-neg) cell nuclei of villous trophoblast of terminal (bT0) and preterminal (bT1) branches of the villous tree (B). Confidence intervals (95%) are shown for the difference (male-female) in means of the logarithmic data (C). The figure depicts MD (MD as number of cell nuclei by surface area and branch) of cell nuclei of villous trophoblast of terminal (bT0) and preterminal (bT1) branches of the villous trees (D). Confidence intervals (95%) are shown for the difference (male-female) in means. (E) The figure depicts the birth weights and placenta weights of the present study (F). Confidence intervals (95%) are shown for the difference (male-female) in means.
