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. 2011 Dec 21;3(3):682–688. doi: 10.3892/ol.2011.532

Table II.

Correlation between the expression of COX-2, Bcl-2, Bax, IGF-1 and Ki-67 in IDC in 110 cases.

Variant Statistic COX-2 Bcl-2 Bax IGF1-R Ki-67
COX-2 Correlation 1 0.138 0.113 0.191a 0.029
Significance (p) - 0.152 0.241 0.045 0.766
Bcl-2 Correlation 0.138 1 -0.036 0.065 0.007
Significance (p) 0.152 - 0.712 0.497 0.940
Bax Correlation 0.113 −0.036 1 −0.055 −0.019
Significance (p) 0.241 0.712 - 0.570 0.847
IGF1-R Correlation 0.191a 0.065 −0.055 1 −0.236a
Significance (p) 0.045 0.497 0.570 - 0.013
Ki-67 Correlation 0.029 0.007 −0.019 −0.236a 1
Significance (p) 0.766 0.940 0.847 0.013 -

Spearman's correlation showing statistically significant correlations between COX-2 expressed in IDC, with IGF1-R expressed in IDC and DCIS.

a

P<0.05 denotes statistically significant differences.

IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; IGF1-R, type I insulin-like growth factor receptor.