Table 2.
Presence of immune reactions or elastosis in basal cell carcinomas.
| Characteristic | Infiltrative1 (n = 15) |
Nodular1 (n = 60) |
Superificial1 (n = 23) |
P1 (Infiltrative-Nodular) |
P2 (Infiltrative-Superficial) |
P3 (Nodular-Superficial) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immune Reaction |
4 (0.27) | 18 (0.30) | 12 (0.52) | 1.0 | 0.32 | 0.14 |
| Elastosis | 8 (0.53) | 12 (0.20) | 6 (0.26) | 0.0057 | 0.17 | 0.37 |
Chi-squared tests were used except where an individual cell had a value less than five in which case a Fisher's exact test was used
1 Data are presented as totals and proportions
P1 = p-value obtained for the difference between the median variable values between the infiltrative and nodular subtypes
P2 = p-value obtained for the difference between the median variable values between the infiltrative and superficial subtypes
P3 = p-value obtained for the difference between the median variable values between the nodular and superficial subtypes