Table 4.

The density of apoptotic and proliferating cells during different stage of carcinoma induction (number of positive/area)

StagesnProliferating cellsApoptotic cellsRatio
12th1025.3±9.212.5±5.70.58
18th1034.5±11.6Δ16.7±8.4Δ0.48
24th963.6±18.5Δ*37.4±17.3Δ0.43
32nd15108.3±26.5Δ#37.5+18.2Δ*0.35
control group2317.2±6.79.8±3.40.490.56

  • ↵Δ compared to control group P<0.01,

  • ↵* compared to the 12th and 18th week P<0.01,

  • ↵# compared to the other group P<0.01.