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.

^aP<0.05 denotes statistically significant differences.

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