Research Article

Systemic Administration of Neutral Electrolyzed Saline as a Novel Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis Reduces Mechanical and Inflammatory Damage to the Joints: Preclinical Evaluation in Mice

Table 5

Spearman’s correlation coefficients between the histopathological scores of all groups.

Histopathological ScoresCdBeEtfPfEcISg

Cartilage damage (Cd)1.000
Bone erosion (Be)0.7821.000
Excess tissue formation (Etf)0.890 0.6781.000
Pannus formation (Pf)0.8260.8480.8501.000
Ectopic chondrocytes (Ec)0.7470.7420.7000.8591.000
Inflammation (I)0.8140.7850.7640.8240.7031.000
Synovitis grading (Sg)0.8960.8100.9250.9580.8120.9051.000

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).