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Table 4.

Correlation coefficients for all cell types (Pearsons' analysis).

eo p (p)	NF i (i)	NF p (p)	MC i (i)	MC p (p)	MΦ i (i)	NK i (i)	NK p (p)	CD3 i	CD3 p	CD4 i	CD4 p	CD8 i	CD8 p
0.26^*	0.37^*	0.27^*							0.17	0.17				Eo i (i)
				0.21	0.24^*			0.23^*		0.18				Eo p (p)
		0.63^*					0.19		0.16					NF i
					0.19									NF p (p)
				0.29^*	0.17		0.27^*	0.19				0.25^*	0.22^*	MC i (i)
					0.16			0.19		0.22^*	0.24^*			MC p
							0.25^*	0.30^*		0.19	0.22			MΦ i
							0.20							NK i
								0.17						NK p
									0.38^*	0.36^*	0.30^*	0.16		CD3 i
										0.23^*	0.26^*			CD3 p
											0.65^*			CD4 i
														CD4 p
													0.76^*	CD8 i

Only the significant correlations are shown. The marked correlation coefficients (^*) are significant with p values < 0.001, other correlations are significant at a level of p < 0.05. (n = 160). Eo:eosinophilic granuloytes, NF:neutrophilic granulocutes, MC:mast cells, MΦ:macrophages, p: peritumoral, i: intratumoral