Table 2.
Graves’ disease as the dichotomized determinant of breast cancer or benign breast tumors
Dichotomized determinant |
Association with BC (n = 9) |
Association with BBT (n = 47) |
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χ2 | p | χ2 | p | |
Graves’ disease (n = 120) | 9.41 | 0.0021 | 2.33 | ns |
χ2 test of independence analysis of the dichotomized determinant (i.e. Graves’ disease occurrence) of breast cancer (BC) or of benign breast tumors (BBT), performed in all patients; ns, non-significant in all patients.