Table 5.

Cross correlation analyses reveal a tri-lateral relationship among HPV infection, p-Stat3 and IL-17 in breast cancer tissues

Characteristics	HPV16/18	p-Stat3	IL-17
HPV16/18	1
p-Stat3	0.131*	1
IL-17	0.128*	0.136**	1
Characteristics	HPV (all-types)	p-Stat3	IL-17
HPV (all types)	1
p-Stat3	0.117*	1
IL-17	0.113*	0.136**	1

Note: Numbers shown in the table are correlation coefficient r values from Spearman rank correlation analyses.

^*represents P < 0.05;

^**indicates P < 0.01.