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Table 2 Statistical Analysis of morphological characteristics between Groups showing significant differences and median scores.

From: Endometrial response to IVF hormonal manipulation: Comparative analysis of menopausal, down regulated and natural cycles

 

Epithelial abundance

Tissue inhomogeneity

Cell inhomogeneity

Gland abundance

Gland opening

Cilia groups

Single cilium

Microvilli height

Microvilli density

Apical membrane defects

Cell separation

Denuded apices

Flattened cells

Deflated cells

Apical protrusion

Uterodome – shape

Uterodome – abundance

Cell borders

Secretion

Plicae

group 1 vs group 4

SD (2.5,3)

 

SD (2.5,1)

  

SD (2,3)

  

SD (2.5,3)

    

SD (0,0)

SD (2,3)

  

SD (0,1)

SD (2.5,2)

 

group 1 vs group 5

SD (2.5,1)

    

SD (2,0.5)

SD (0,0.5)

SD (2,1)

SD (2,1)

SD (0,1)

SD (0,0.5)

SD (0,2)

SD (0,2)

SD (0,1)

SD (2,0)

SD (1,0)

SD (1,0)

SD (1,2)

SD (2,0)

SD (0,0.5)

group 1 vs group 6

      

SD (0,0.5)

     

SD (0,1)

SD (0,0)

 

SD (1,3)

    

group 1 vs group 7

       

SD (2,1)

      

SD (2,1)

     

group 1 vs group 8

           

SD (0,0)

SD (0,0)

     

SD (2,1)

 

group 3 vs group 5

SD (3,1)

    

SD (2,0.5)

              

group 4 vs group 5

SD (3,1)

SD (1,2.5)

 

SD (2,1.5)

SD (1,3)

SD (3,0.5)

SD (0,0.5)

SD (2,1)

SD (3,1)

SD (0,1)

SD (0,0.5)

SD (0,2)

SD (0,2)

SD (0,1)

SD (3,0)

SD (1,0)

SD (2,0)

SD (0,2)

SD (2.5,0)

SD (0,0.5)

group 4 vs group 6

SD (3,3)

    

SD (3,2)

SD (0,0.5)

 

SD (3,2)

   

SD (0,1)

 

SD (3,2)

   

SD (2,2)

 

group 4 vs group 7

  

SD (1,2)

    

SD (2,1)

SD (3,2)

    

SD (0,0)

SD (3,1)

  

SD (0,1)

SD (2.5,2)

SD (0.5,0)

group 4 vs group 8

  

SD (1,3)

  

SD (3,2)

 

SD (2,1)

SD (3,1)

    

SD (0,0)

SD (3,1)

 

SD (2,1)

SD (0,1)

SD (2.5,1)

 

group 5 vs group 6

SD (1,3)

SD (2.5,2)

  

SD (3,1.5)

SD (0.5,2)

 

SD (1,2)

SD (1,2)

SD (1,2)

SD (0.5,0)

SD (2,1)

SD (2,1)

SD (1,0)

SD (0,2)

SD (0,3)

SD (0,2)

SD (2,0)

SD (0,2)

 

group 5 vs group 7

SD (1,3)

  

SD (1,2)

SD (3,1.5)

SD (0.5,0)

SD (0.5,0)

  

SD (0.5,0)

SD (0.5,0)

SD (2,0)

SD (2,0)

SD (1,0)

SD (0,1)

SD (0,1)

SD (0,1)

SD (2,1)

SD (0,2)

 

group 5 vs group 8

SD (1,3)

 

SD (1.5,3)

SD (1,2)

SD (3,2)

SD (0.5,0)

SD (1,3)

  

SD (0.5,0)

SD (0.5,0)

SD (2,0)

SD (2,0)

SD (1,0)

SD (0,1)

SD (0,1)

SD (0,1)

SD (2,1)

SD (0,1)

 

group 6 vs group 7

      

SD (0.5,0)

SD (2,1)

SD (2,2)

  

SD (0,0)

SD (1,0)

SD (0,0)

SD (2,1)

     

group 6 vs group 8

  

SD (1.5,3)

   

SD (0.5,0)

 

SD (2,1)

  

SD (0,0)

SD (1,0)

SD (0,0)

    

SD (2,1)

 

group 7 vs group 8

                  

SD (2,1)

 
  1. SD = significant difference at P ≤ 0.05 Median score of groups is shown in brackets (group a, group b) Key to the Groups used in the Analysis Group 1 Control – natural cycle (Combined) Group 3 Downregulation Group 4 Downregulation plus HRT Group 5 Menopause Control Group 6 Menopause plus HRT Group 7 Natural plus HST – Day 5P Group 8 Natural plus HST – Day 8P