Efficacy of 1.5% Dish Washing Solution and 95% Lemon Water in Substituting Perilous Xylene as a Deparaffinizing Agent for Routine H and E Staining Procedure: A Short Study

Table 11

Retention of wax.

Intensity of staining	Group A	%	Group B	%	Group C	%	Total	%
Not retained	10	50.0	12	60.0	10	50.0	32	53.3
Retained	10	50.0	8	40.0	10	50.0	28	46.7
Total	20	100.0	20	100.0	20	100.0	60	100.0
Chi-square = 0.5362, df = 2, 𝑃=0.76502
Among all groups, Kruskal Wallis ANOVA, 𝐻=0.5270, 𝑃=0.7680
Between Group A and Group B, Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test, 𝑍=−0.6280, 𝑃=0.5300
Between Group A and Group C, Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test, 𝑍=0.0000, 𝑃=1.0000
Between Group B and Group C, Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test, 𝑍=−0.6280, 𝑃=0.5300