FIG. 2.

Association between male FM and the histological grade of endometrioid cancer. Results expressed as box plots; upper and lower limits of the boxes represent the mean±SE, upper and lower whiskers represent the mean±2SD, mean is indicated by the line in each box; outliers are indicated by circles and extremes are indicated by asterisks. The significance level was established at a p-value of p<0.05. (A) While the difference in prevalence of male FM between high grade (grade 3) endometriod tumors and the control group did not reach statistical significance, a significantly lower prevalence of male FM was observed in low-grade (grade 1 and grade 2) endometrioid cancer. (B) No association between concentrations of male FMCs and the histological grade of the tumor within the endometrioid cancer group was found.