Thrombospondin and VEGF-R: Is There a Correlation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Table 3

Mean vessel count differences [vessel count/mm² (SD)]. Comparison of Crohn’s disease versus control, ulcerative colitis versus control, and ulcerative colitis versus Crohn’s disease.

Layer	Control n/mm^2	CD n/mm^2	CU n/mm^2
Mucosa	171.10 (99.36)	346.43 (113.50)^*#	215.98 (125.26)^#
Submucosa	87.58 (38.42)	318.06 (112.34)^*#	138.82 (114.96)^#
Muscularis	38.35 (15.83)	168.29 (104.71)^*#	44.55 (46.51)^#
Subserosa	74.00 (57.66)	174.11 (96.84)^*#	41.53 (52.11)^*#

Mean number of vessels/mm². Numbers in parentheses show standard deviation.
*Significant differences between CD or CU and Control; ^#Significant differences between CD and CU.
CD: Crohn’s disease, CU: ulcerative colitis.