Inflammation, congestion and, expressed HBME-1 and PCNA scores of the groups.

Table 2: Inflammation, congestion and, expressed HBME-1 and PCNA scores of the groups.

	MC score, Mean ± SD (n = 6)	FC score, Mean ± SD (n = 8)	MIH score, Mean ± SD (n = 25)	FIH score, Mean ± SD (n = 25)	p, MIH vs. MC	p, FIH vs. FC	p, MIH vs. FIH
Inflammation	0.16 ± 0.01	0.25 ± 0.16	1.08 ± 0.90	1.16 ± 0.94	0.022	0.010	0.799
Congestion	0.50 ± 0.14	0.62 ± 0.51	1.78 ± 0.89	1.64 ± 0.86	0.001	0.004	0.734
HBME-1	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.96 ± 0.61	1.88 ± 060	0.001	0.000	0.640
PCNA	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.88 ± 0.66	1.84 ± 0.62	0.003	0.001	0.843

MC: Male control group; FC: Female control group; MIH: Group of male inguinal hernia; FIH: Group of female inguinal hernia.