Table 2 Quantitative analyses of immunoreactivity of select markers in epithelium and/or lamina propria of the vocal fold
Measurement | Lamina propria (LP) | Epithelium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CTR | AEC | p value | CTR | AEC | p value | |
Ki67+ cells, % | 65.2 (25.1) | 63.1 (17.3) | 0.9 | 238.0 (128.2) | 76.6 (49.0) | 0.07 |
αSMA+ cells, % | 18.9 (20.7) | 14.2 (4.9) | 0.4 |  |  |  |
Blood vessels, marked by CD31+ cells |  |  |  |  |  |  |
    Density, % LP area | 0.024 (0.003) | 0.021 (0.008) | 0.3 |  |  |  |
    Average lumen area, μm2 | 73 (21) | 70 (45) | 0.5 |  |  |  |