Table 4.

Correlation between PPARγ, Cox-1 and Cox-2 expression and clinicopathological or aggressiveness related parameters

	PPARγ n = 143 to 262			Cox-1	Cox-2
	Total	Nuclear	Cytoplasmic	n = 159 to 297	n = 153 to 285
Age	0.004	− 0.050	0.002	0.041	− 0.015
pT	0.118	− 0.037	0.113	− 0.049	− 0.066
pN	0.069	0.023	0.065	− 0.125*	− 0.043
Grade	0.007	− 0.205*	0.054	− 0.007	− 0.062
ER	− 0.119	0.117	− 0.142*	0.009	0.039
PR	− 0.048	0.038	− 0.049	− 0.018	0.012
HER2	0.157**	− 0.127*	0.173**	0.137*	0.090
Triple negative	0.076	− 0.062	0.085	− 0.043	− 0.052
Ki-67	0.116	− 0.039	0.119	0.084	0.155*
Focality	0.043	0.074	0.016	− 0.048	− 0.028
CD133	0.221**	− 0.007	0.230**	0.132*	0.378**
NCAD	0.412**	− 0.196**	0.447**	0.241**	0.461**

Correlations are statistically significant for p < 0.05 (*) or p < 0.01 (**), using Spearman-Rho-Test