Table 2.

Correlation ratios of analyzed variables.

	Atrophy	Acanthosis	Basal layer hyperplasia	Cones	Inflammatory process
	rho	rho	Rho	rho	Rho
	(p)	(p)	(p)	(p)	(p)
Atrophy	___	-0,387 (0,006)	-0,390 (0,005)	-0,306 (0,031)	-0,182 (0,221)
Acanthosis	-0,387 (0,006)	___	0,722 (<0,001)	0,747 (<0,001)	0,387 (0,007)
Basal layer hyperplasia	-0,390 (0,005)	0,722 (<0,001)	___	0,627 (<0,001)	0,355 (0,014)
Cones	-0,306 (0,031)	0,747 (<0,001)	0,627 (<0,001)	___	0,556 (<0,001)
Inflammatory process	-0,164 (0,221)	0,387 (0,007)	0,355 (0,014)	0,556 (<0,001)	___

rho: correlation ratio

A negative significant correlation was found between the following variables:

• Ø
  atrophy and epithelial cones
• Ø
  atrophy and acanthosis
• Ø
  atrophy and basal layer hyperplasia

A positive significant correlation was found between the following variables:

• Ø
  acanthosis and epithelial cones
• Ø
  acanthosis and basal layer hyperplasia
• Ø
  acanthosis and inflammatory process
• Ø
  cones and basal layer hyperplasia
• Ø
  basal layer hyperplasia and inflammatory process
• Ø
  cones and inflammatory process