FIG. 3.

Association between male FM and the stage of the uterine cancer according to the FIGO classification. 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 lowest prevalence of FM was detected in FIGO 1 tumors compared to the control group, no difference between uterine cancer-free tissue samples and FIGO 2 or FIGO 3 and FIGO 4 tumors was observed. (B) The concentrations of FMCs showed no difference between groups of patients with uterine cancer.