Table 4.

Correlation between the NRS scores and HIF-1α/Notch receptor mRNA expression in the different groups

	HIF-1α	Notch1	Notch2	Notch3	Notch4
MC I	0.66	0.20	0.99	0.84	0.89
MC II	0.67	0.54	0.83	0.92	0.12
MC III	0.63	0.79	0.74	0.84	0.77

p values are provided