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. 2011 Dec 7;6:168. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-6-168

Table 3.

Correlation analyses between clinicopathological factors and total length of copy number aberrations in breast cancers.

Mean total length of
copy number aberrations (bp)

Clinical factors All cases
(n = 28)
A-bomb survivors (n = 15)
r* P-value* r* P-value*

Age at the time of diagnosis -0.37 0.055 -0.59 0.021
Tumor size (cm) 0.042 0.83 -0.25 0.37
Storage time (years) 0.35 0.064 0.49 0.067
DLRSpread -0.40 0.034 -0.38 0.16
Age of the time of exposure to the A-bomb** -0.31 0.25
Exposure distance from the hypocenter (km)** 0.11 0.70
Time between age at diagnosis and exposure (year)** -0.52 0.047

*Pearson's correlation coefficient. **Only among A-bomb survivors