Table 3 Rates of other changes nuclear (including "Broken Egg”, trinucleated, binucleated cells, cariorhexis, apoptosis, budding, karyolysis and nucleoplasmic, except Micronuclei) for exfoliated buccal cells samples, collected from the control group and the two studied communities (7 per group, N = 21).

From: Genotoxicity and mutagenicity research in Quilombola communities

Rates of other nuclear changes (n/1,000)

Participants

Control

Urban Zone

Rural Zone

p value

n

Rate

n

Rate

n

Rate

1

0

0

52

0.052

17

0.017

0.030

2

8

0.008

6

0.006

10

0.010

3

6

0.006

23

0.023

17

0.017

4

2

0.002

5

0.005

21

0.021

5

8

0.008

27

0.027

16

0.016

6

9

0.009

17

0.017

9

0.009

7

12

0.012

22

0.022

11

0.011

  1. N count number, p probability of differences (or effect) observed between groups being due to chance; p value = Kruskal–Wallis p value; Urban Zone = community quilombola of Aparecida de Goiânia city; Rural Zone = community quilombola of Silvania city. Source: Own data.
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