Table 3.

Correlations between the expression of CXCL12, CXCR4 and proliferation markers (ρ – Spearman correlation coefficient) in MF

	Ki67	MVD	AgNORs	CXCL12 IRS	CXCR4 IRS
Ki67	X	ρ = 0.68, p < 0.001	ρ = 0.79, p < 0.001	ρ = 0.25, p = 0.06	ρ = 0.05, p = 0.72
CD34	ρ = 0.68, p < 0.001	X	ρ = 0.8, p < 0.001	ρ = 0.18, p = 0.2	ρ = –0.02, p = 0.9
AgNORs	ρ = 0.79, p < 0.001	ρ = 0.8, p < 0.001	X	ρ = 0.23, p = 0.1	ρ = 0.04, p = 0.75
CXCL12 IRS	ρ = 0.25, p = 0.06	ρ = 0.18, p = 0.2	ρ = 0.23, p = 0.1	X	ρ = –0.04, p = 0.76
CXCR4 IRS	ρ = 0.05, p = 0.72	ρ = –0.02, p = 0.9	ρ = 0.04, p = 0.75	ρ = –0.04, p = 0.76	X