Table 2 Comparison between the studied groups regarding computerized morphometric analysis
Group I | Group II | Group III | Test value• | P-value | Sig | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | b | a | b | |||||||
Chondrocyte cell count | 42.86 ± 6.28 | 20.75 ± 1.71 | 26.25 ± 3.30 | 42.10 ± 3.18 | 39.40 ± 2.88 | 71.262 | 0.000 | HS | ||
Articular cartilage thickness | 99.00 ± 10.20 | 73.85 ± 12.52 | 56.05 ± 8.61 | 87.34 ± 9.99 | 76.36 ± 6.38 | 27.044 | 0.000 | HS | ||
OD Hx&E | 87.16 ± 4.01 | 71.63 ± 3.58 | 71.10 ± 2.28 | 81.35 ± 3.18 | 80.48 ± 2.05 | 48.769 | 0.000 | HS | ||
OD Safranin | 94.66 ± 4.68 | 67.32 ± 4.25 | 71.60 ± 3.49 | 81.77 ± 3.09 | 83.26 ± 5.47 | 62.713 | 0.000 | HS | ||
Post Hoc analysis by LSD | ||||||||||
P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | P7 | P8 | P9 | P10 | |
Chondrocyte cell count cells/HPF | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.062 | 0.737 | 0.131 |
Articular cartilage thickness | 0.002 | 0.016 | 0.579 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.009 | 0.019 | 0.000 |
OD Hx&E | 0.678 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.477 | 0.002 | 0.000 |
OD Safranin | 0.024 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.463 | 0.000 | 0.000 |