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Table 7. Correlation between staining score values of COX-2 and adipokines and their receptors, aromatase, COX-1 and PGF_2α in healthy and tumor tissues as performed by Pearson test.

	COX-2
Biomarkers	Breast tumor tissues (Mean±SEM: 0.70±0.42, n = 27)					Adjacent breast tissue to tumor (Mean±SEM: 0.53±0.50, n = 24)
	Mean±SEM	N	r	ddl	p	Mean±SEM	N	r	ddl	p
AdipoR1	0.93±0.27	27	0.033	25	0.860	1.24±0.36	25	-0.185	23	0.380
AdipoR2	0.83±0.28	30	0.000	28	1.000	0.83±0.34	29	0.128	27	0.510
Adiponectin	0.90±0.19	29	0.174	27	0.370	1.15±0.46	25	-0.051	24	0.800
Leptin	1.07±0.12	30	-0.055	28	0.770	1.26±0.38	27	-0.239	25	0.230
Aromatase	1.04±0.22	26	-0.106	24	0.610	0.96±0.07	26	0.143	26	0.470
COX-1	1.18±0.29	28	-0.389	26	0.039	1.38±0.47	26	-0.013	24	0.950
PGF_2α	0.55±0.49	29	-0.133	27	0.500	0.73±0.39	26	0.217	24	0.290

COX = cyclooxygenase; Adipo R1/R2 = adiponectin receptor; PGF_2α = prostaglandin F_2α

Table 7. Correlation between staining score values of COX-2 and adipokines and their receptors, aromatase, COX-1 and PGF2α in healthy and tumor tissues as performed by Pearson test.