Table 2

Histological and immunohistochemical and Spearman’s rho results

		Histology (MSB staining)				Immunohistochemistry
		Red blood cells	White blood cells	Fibrin	Platelets/other	CD42b	vWF
Quantification
Average		39.20%	2.40%	30.70%	27.70%	33.90%	29.80%
Minimum		0.40%	0.10%	2.90%	1.40%	0.50%	0.10%
Maximum		90.80%	7.60%	71.20%	89.20%	93.20%	94.30%

		Spearman's rho correlations
		Red blood cells	White blood cells	Fibrin	Platelets/other	CD42b	vWF
Spearman's rho
Red blood cells	Correlation coefficient	1.000	−0.235*	−0.345†	−0.728 †	−0.535†	−0.366†
	Significance (two-tailed)		0.025	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	N	91	91	91	91	91	91
White blood cells	Correlation coefficient	−0.235*	1.000	0.306†	0.098	0.353†	−0.018
	Significance (two-tailed)	0.025		0.003	0.356	0.001	0.864
	N	91	91	91	91	91	91
Fibrin	Correlation coefficient	−0.345†	0.306†	1.000	−0.237*	0.031	−0.077
	Significance (two-tailed)	0.001	0.003		0.024	0.769	0.467
	N	91	91	91	91	91	91
Platelets and other	Correlation coefficient	−0.728†	0.098	−0.237*	1.000	0.534†	0.444†
	Significance (two-tailed)	<0.001	0.356	0.024		<0.001	<0.001
	N	91	91	91	91	91	91
CD42b	Correlation coefficient	−0.535†	0.353†	0.031	0.534†	1.000	0.564†
	Significance (two-tailed)	<0.001	0.001	0.769	<0.001		<0.001
	N	91	91	91	91	91	91
vWF	Correlation coefficient	−0.366†	−0.018	−0.077	0.444†	0.564†	1.000
	Significance (two-tailed)	<0.001	0.864	0.467	<0.001	<0.001
	N	91	91	91	91	91	91

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).
†Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).
MSB, Marius Scarlet Blue; vWF, von Willebrand factor.