The Natural History of Uterine Leiomyomas: Morphometric Concordance with Concepts of Interstitial Ischemia and Inanosis

Table 2

Mean collagen content of phases 1–4.

Phase	H&E-stained slides; collagen content (%)	Aperio colocalization % collagen; (mean ± s.e.)
1^a	No, or insignificant,; collagen matrix	0.83±0.30
2	<10%	8.20±2.16
3	10–50%	33.82±1.62
4	>50%	59.99±4.39

^a𝑛=5 slide samples per phase group.