B lymphocytes Macrophages Mast cells Disease severity
3.00 ± 11.13 10.50 ± 4.12 6.00 ± 2.53 Normal histology
15.50 ± 32.75 10.75 ± 13.75 8.50 ± 5.87 LSIL
47.00 ± 54.37 11.00 ± 15.25 11.50 ± 8.00 HSIL
116.00 ± 193.75 33.50 ± 33.75 10.25 ± 8.88 SCC
0.00037 0.707 0.0017 p-values
Values are presented as median ± interquartile range. The final row refers to the Mann-Whitney statistical hypothesis test to investigate whether there is a statistically significant difference in the cell densities between LSIL and HSIL.
Table 1: Mean density of cell types for each disease severity group