Table 1.

Order–disorder comparisons between DNA structures in the neoplastic transformation of morphologically normal breast and ovarian tissues

Groups compared		Difference between grand mean spectra as percentage		Diversity: mean difference from group mean spectrum as percentage
1	2	Percentage	P value*	Group 1: mean ± SD	Group 2: mean ± SD	P value†
Ovary
On	AC	23.5	<0.002	8  ±  3	20  ±  8	0.001
AC	ACm	6.2	0.7	20  ±  8	16  ±  6	0.4
ACm	ACdm	16.1	0.02	16  ±  6	9  ±  4	0.008
On	ACdm	6.2	0.1	8  ±  3	9  ±  4	0.4
Breast
RMT	IDC	9.3	<0.002	10  ±  5	8  ±  3	0.4
IDC	IDCm	7.0	0.09	8  ±  3	13  ±  5	0.003
IDCm	IDCdm	16.1	0.002	13  ±  5	10  ±  4	0.1
RMT	IDCdm	16.3	<0.002	10  ±  5	10  ±  4	0.9

^*One sided P values based on permutation test. 

^†Two sided P values based on Mann–Whitney test.