Table-4.
Mean | SD | SE | Sum of ranks | |
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TNM/clinical staging | ||||
Stage 1 | 1.20 | 0.92 | 0.29 | 105.00 |
Stage 2 | 1.37 | 1.28 | 0.45 | 109.50 |
Stage 3 | 2.29 | 1.25 | 0.47 | 124.50 |
Stage 4 | 3.60 | 0.89 | 0.40 | 126.00 |
H | 10.8273 | |||
P | 0.0127* | |||
Pairwise comparisons by Mann–Whitney U-test | ||||
Stage 1 versus stage 2 | P=1.0 | |||
Stage 1 versus stage 3 | P=0.014* | |||
Stage 1 versus stage 4 | P=0.011* | |||
Stage 2 versus stage 3 | P=0.019* | |||
Stage 2 versus stage 4 | P=0.015* | |||
Stage 3 versus stage 4 | P=0.046* |
Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA test. *P=0.0127 – Significant. SD: Standard deviation, SE: Standard error