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Table 2 Mean morphometrical parameter values in the three cyst types and their pairwise comparisons.

From: Quantitative analysis of the epithelial lining architecture in radicular cysts and odontogenic keratocysts

Parameter

Solitary OK (± SD)

BCNS OK (± SD)

Radicular (± SD)

Perim

100.5313 (± 26.4673)

103.2415 (± 27.1678)

108.1265 (± 34.1349)

Area

553.1672 (± 295.9194)

583.5653 (± 302.4889)

641.1525 (± 424.4672)

MinR

8.3662 (± 2.8550)

8.6381 (± 2.8448)

8.6490 (± 3.2781)

MaxR

19.5292 (± 5.3661)

20.0227 (± 5.5363)

21.1478 (± 6.8432)

Feret

36.4066 (± 9.9051)

37.2535 (± 10.1607)

39.2035 (± 12.4571)

Breadth

25.1631 (± 7.3007)

25.9255 (± 7.3639)

26.6557 (± 8.9150)

CHull

95.1866 (± 24.3340)

97.6547 (± 24.9523)

102.1490 (± 31.1970)

CArea

612.2418 (± 329.0827)

646.1540 (± 336.4255)

724.8820 (± 486.0023)

MBCRadius

18.3400 (± 4.9405)

18.7778 (± 5.0672)

19.7536 (± 6.2371)

AspRatio

1.5057 (± 0.4076)

1.4883 (± 0.3963)

1.5276 (± 0.4122)

Circ

0.6520 (± 0.096)

0.6540 (± 0.0939)

0.6411 (± 0.0988)

Roundness

0.5143 (± 0.1187)

0.5196 (± 0.1171)

0.5031 (± 0.1166)

AreaEquivD

25.6956 (± 6.6373)

26.4050 (± 6.7678)

27.3257 (± 8.3459)

PerimEquivD

32.0001 (± 8.4248)

32.8628 (± 8.6478)

34.4177 (± 10.8655)

EquivEllipseAr

756.3853 (± 401.9763)

797.0583 (± 413.0425)

884.5156 (± 583.8462)

Compactness

0.7120 (± 0.0859)

0.7158 (± 0.0846)

0.7042 (± 0.0853)

Solidity

0.9034 (± 0.0520)

0.9037 (± 0.0516)

0.8877 (± 0.0600)

Concavity

59.0746 (± 53.9079)

62.5887 (± 54.9009)

83.7295 (± 88.4315)

Convexity

0.9485 (± 0.0172)

0.9476 (± 0.0183)

0.9472 (± 0.0231)

Shape

19.7841 (± 3.6785)

19.7227 (± 3.7068)

20.1933 (± 4.0637)

RFactor

0.8365 (± 0.0546)

0.8391 (± 0.0545)

0.8337 (± 0.0553)

ModRatio

0.4699 (± 0.1315)

0.4748 (± 0.1299)

0.4523 (± 0.0131)

Sphericity

0.4393 (± 0.1264)

0.4430 (± 0.1247)

0.4210 (± 0.1256)

ArBBox

963.0597 (± 511.8121)

1014.8461 (± 525.9020)

1126.2003 (± 743.3760)

Rectang

0.5764 (± 0.0652)

0.5770 (± 0.0656)

0.5723 (± 0.0675)

  1. OK: odontogenic keratocyst, BCNS: basal cell naevus syndrome, SD: standard deviation from the mean.
  2. N = 27,806. Mean values across columns are statistically different, except for those in the bold(General Linear Model with post-hoc Tukey, p < 0.05)