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

Table 3

Monte Carlo simulations of mean and maximum distances of myocytes from vessels.

	Mean distance, μm	Maximum distance, μm
Phase 1^a	34.9 (32.5–38.5)	141.4 (114.1–186.3)
Phase 2	43.5 (39.8–49.1)	168.6 (132.2–235.1)
Phase 3	52.3 (46.1–60.0)	190.3 (143.6–263.2)
Phase 4	58.0 (50.5–68.4)*	195.6 (144.2–283.4)*

^a𝑛=5 slide samples per phase group.
∗Statistically significant versus phase 1 (𝑃<0.001).