FIG. 1.

The prevalence of male fetal microchimerism (FM) in uterine cancer. Results expressed as box plots; upper and lower limits of the boxes represent the mean±SE (standard error), upper and lower whiskers represent the mean±2SD (standard deviations), mean is indicated by the line in each box; outliers are indicated by circles and extremes by asterisks. The significance level was established at a p-value of p<0.05. (A) While the prevalence of male FM between the control group and type 2 endometrial cancer did not differ, a lower prevalence was detected in patients with type 1 endometrial cancer. (B) The number of chimeric cells did not differ within the examined groups (type 1 endometrial cancer vs. type 2 endometrial cancer vs. controls).