Table 3. Relationship between inflammatory cells count or ratio at invasive front and MMPs/TIMPs expression by mononuclear inflammatory cells at invasive front or tumor center.

	MICs at invasive front
	MMP-9			MMP-11			MMP-14			TIMP-2
	−	+	p	−	+	p	−	+	p	−	+	p
CD3	185	327	0.006	209	266.5	N.S	210	261	N.S	154	317.5	0.001
	(0–987)	(76–999)		(9–954)	(0–999)		(0–999)	(12–542)		(0–895)	(27–999)
CD20	15.5	85	0.029	25	38.5	N.S	23	55.5	N.S	8	74.5	0.002
	(0–1152)	(0–576)		(0–655)	(0–1152)		(0–1152)	(0–302)		(0–1121)	(0–1152)
CD68	130.5	184	0.036	128	166	N.S	132.5	186.5	0.015	118	178.5	0.002
	(14–727)	(15–416)		(21–727)	(14–577)		(15–727)	(14–577)		(21–416)	(14–727)
CD68/(CD3+CD20)	0.6	0.43	N.S	0.5	0.48	N.S	0.45	0.7	N.S	0.6	0.43	N.S
	(0–6.6)	(0.1–0.9)		(0.1–5.4)	(0–6.6)		(0–6.1)	(0.2–6.6)		(0–6.6)	(0.1–6.1)

Mann-Whithney test. MICs: mononuclear inflammatory cells. Data are expressed as median (range). N.S: not significant.