Combined Analysis of Endothelial, Hematopoietic, and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Compartments Shows Simultaneous but Independent Effects of Age and Heart Disease

Figure 5

Qualitative individual evaluation of frequencies in the three stem cell compartments. Frequencies were determined by the colony assay in IHD (1 to 12) and VHD (13 to 20) samples. Results of the three colony assays were individually assessed in 20 patients to compare for the occurrence of frequencies higher or lower than the median. In this qualitative analysis, the line represents the median frequency of colony assays, and individual colony frequencies are displayed above or below the corresponding value.