Morphometric Evaluation of Preeclamptic Placenta Using Light Microscopic Images

Table 4

Comparative study of morphometrical features in gestational age matched [35-36 weeks] cases.

Features	PE (𝑛=10)	Controls (𝑛=8)	𝑃 value
Villous count	190.2±12.3	150.6±14.5	0.0001 ∗S
Villous area	4025.4±21.3	3050.8±22.9	0.0001 ∗S
Villous perimeter	268.4±10.9	185.3±6.7	0.0001 ∗S
Villous diameter	129.78±8.5	105.9±4.1	0.0001 ∗S
Capillary count	670.8±22.5	513.6±13.4	0.0001 ∗S
Capillary area	162.3±11.3	134.2±9.2	0.0001 ∗S
Capillary perimeter	34.9±1.8	35.3±2.7	0.7114 NS
Capillary diameter	16.7±1.4	16.5±1.1	0.1372 NS
Capillarization index (%)	16.4±0.3	11.9±1.8	0.0001 ∗S
Capillarization index/villous (%)	2.94±0.08	2.65±0.03	0.0001 ∗S

Results are expressed as Mean ± SD; ^∗𝑃 value ≤ 0.001; S: significant; NS: not significant.