Table 2.

Length of centroid-to-centroid transition pathways, as percent, for ovary and breast carcinogenesis

Transition	1,750 to 1,315 cm−1 Base region		1,314 to 770 cm−1 Deoxyribose region		Difference Base–deoxyribose regions
	Distance, %	SE*	Distance, %	SE*	Difference	SE*	P value*
Ovary
On to AC	24.1	8.3	20.8†	6.5	3.3	4.6	0.5
AC to ACm	3.9	5.3	4.4	4.7	−0.5	4.4	1.0
ACm to ACdm	17.8	5.7	13.3	4.2	4.5	3.5	0.2
Total path	45.8	11.7	38.5	10.4	7.3	7.5	0.2
Breast
RMT to IDC	11.9	2.2	6.2†	1.3	5.7	1.8	<0.001
IDC to IDCm	8.7	3.0	4.4	1.5	4.3	2.0	0.02
IDCm to IDCdm	21.2	4.4	10.0	1.9	11.2	3.0	0.01
Total path	41.8	5.7	20.6	2.7	21.2	4.9	<0.001

*From resampling. 

^†P = 0.03 for ovary transition distance compared with corresponding breast transition distance; based on resampling.