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. 2020 Sep 3;18:340. doi: 10.1186/s12967-020-02508-4

Table 2.

Spearman’s Rho correlation between immune cells and lymphnode invasion

LNR n° LN+
CD45RO mean  %area
 Correlation coefficient − .452 − .369
 Sig. (2-tailed) .091 .176
CD8 mean  % area
 Correlation coefficient − .625(*) − .596(*)
 Sig. (2-tailed) .013 .019
CD20 TIL mean  %area
 Correlation coefficient − .136 − .110
 Sig. (2-tailed) .630 .697
CD20 TLT mean  %area
 Correlation coefficient − .422 − .340
 Sig. (2-tailed) .117 .215
CD68 mean  %area
 Correlation coefficient − .463 − .361
 Sig. (2-tailed) .082 .186
IL-17 mean  %area
 Correlation coefficient − .429 − .390
 Sig. (2-tailed) .110 .150
PD-1 mean  %area
 Correlation coefficient − .177 − .125
 Sig. (2-tailed) .528 .657

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

LNR: Lymph node ratio. n° LN+ : number of metastatic lymph nodes