Research Article
Tissue Factor and Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor in Chronically Inflamed Gallbladder Mucosa
Table 2
Number (percentage) of patients studied within each of TF and TFPI scores and mean number of CD68 and CD3 positive cells.
| Haemostasis and cell markers studied | Score | Control
n = 16 | Cholecystitis
n = 54 | |
| TF, n (%) | ≤1+ | 15 (93.7) | 15 (27.8) | <.001
| 2+ | 1 (6.3) | 15 (27.8) | 3+ | 0 (0) | 24 (44.4) |
| TFPI, n (%) | ≤1+ | 2 (12.5) | 31 (57.4) | <.001 | 2+ | 13 (81.2) | 15 (27.8) | 3+ | 1 (6.3) | 8 (14.8) |
| CD3+, mean ± SD | — | 3.1 ± 1.9
| 18.6 ± 12.2 | <.001 |
| CD68, mean ± SD | — | 8.8 ± 3.9
| 29.7 ± 13.9 | <.001 |
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Cholecystitis group versus control.
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