Capillary Dilation and Rarefaction Are Correlated with Intracapillary Inflammation in Antibody-Mediated Rejection

Table 4

Capillary variation in different groups.

	ABMR (𝑛=18)	TCMR (𝑛=13)	SG (𝑛=14)	Post hoc
				𝑃12	𝑃13	𝑃23
Peritubular capillary
Density (capillaries/field)	22.22±2.51	27.23±2.49	25.64±1.82	<0.001	<0.001	0.105
Diameters (𝜇m)	2.34±0.81	1.21±0.49	1.09±0.29	<0.001	<0.001	0.626
Intra-PTC area/field (%)	3.52±1.76	2.30±1.23	2.01±0.56	0.026	0.006	0.608
Glomerulus
Area (×10^4 𝜇m^2)	2.16±0.36	2.29±0.29	2.06±0.44	0.274	0.512	0.097
Diameters of loops	165.50±13.59	171.58±11.18	162.14±16.28	0.248	0.503	0.093

Abbreviations: ABMR: antibody-mediated rejection; TCMR: T cell-mediated rejection; SG: stable graft.
𝑃₁₂ means 𝑃 value for ABMR group and TCMR group; 𝑃₁₃ means 𝑃 value for ABMR group and SG group; 𝑃₂₃ means 𝑃 value for TCMR group and SG group.