Table 8.

Correlation of the histopathological parameters with the incidence of the six histopathological BCC subtypes.

Parameter/Subtype of BCC	Nodular BCC		Adenoid BCC		Superficial Multicentric BCC		Cystic BCC		Infiltrative BCC		Keratotic BCC
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Ulceration	0.195	0.004	0.049	0.478	−0.218	0.001	0.009	0.891	0.157	0.021	−0.013	0.850
Excision in surgical limits	0.050	0.463	0.011	0.874	−0.110	0.322	0.159	0.019	−0.16	0.819	−0.040	0.555
Intratumoral inflammatory infiltrate	−0.603	0.353	−0.103	0.130	0.124	0.022	0.047	0.492	−0.040	0.560	0.011	0.867
Peritumoral inflammatory infiltrate	−0.053	0.439	−0.069	0.312	0.124	0.034	0.050	0.463	0.005	0.946	0.159	0.020
Perineural invasion/perivascular invasion	−0.123	0.070	−0.049	0.475	0.101	0.139	0.048	0.483	−0.039	0.570	−0.019	0.782

r = value of the correlation coefficient; p = significance level of r; correlations were calculated based on the values related to the coding of each histopathological BCC subtype, with 1 = absent and 2 = present.