Table 5.

Correlation of the mean mRNA expression of the five inhibitors of apoptosis family members for 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced hamster buccal-pouch squamous-cell carcinogenesis

Variables	By variables	Mean ± standard deviation	Correlation coefficients (r)*
cIAP1		0.2871 ± 0.2004
	NAIP	0.9168 ± 0.6198	0.8339
	cIAP2	0.1235 ± 0.1227	0.7918
	XIAP	2.9527 ± 2.3436	0.6596
	survivin	0.9696 ± 0.9398	0.4399

^*P < 0.0001, linear regression analysis.

cIAP1, cellular inhibitors of apoptosis protein 1; cIAP2, cellular inhibitors of apoptosis protein 2; NAIP, neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein; XIAP, X-linked inhibitors of apoptosis protein.