Oral Feeding of Probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis: Colonic Morphological Changes in Rat Model of TNBS-Induced Colitis

Table 3

Comparison of histological scores between control and BI groups.

Group statistics-independent samples -test
	Group		Mean	Std. deviation	Std. error mean	value	df	Sig. (2-tailed)
								value
Mucous Architecture (0, normal; 3, maximal damage)	Control	49	1.8367	.62406	.08915	9.646	91	0.000
	BI	44	.6818	.51817	.07812
Degree of cellular infiltration (0, normal; 3, maximum infiltration)	Control	49	1.8776	.48445	.06921	11.921	91	0.000
	BI	44	.7045	.46152	.06958
Extent of muscle thickening (0, normal; 3, maximal thickness)	Control	49	.7959	.57661	.08237	2.526	91	0.013
	BI	44	.5000	.54984	.08289
Crypt abscesses (0, absent; 1, present)	Control	49	.9388	.24223	.03460	21.602	91	0.000
	BI	44	.0227	.15076	.02273
Goblet cell mucous depletion (0, absent; 1, present)	Control	49	1.0000	.00000	.00000	19.339	91	0.000
	BI	44	.1136	.32104	.04840
Total score	Control	49	6.4490	1.00127	.14304	19.464	91	0.000
	BI	44	2.0227	1.19083	.17952

Difference between control and BI groups was significant on all parameters under study. Control group had higher damage compared to BI group ().