Table 2 The Correlation Coefficient between IL-6 and IL-6ST Depend on the Expression Level of IL-6R.

From: High mRNA expression level of IL-6R was associated with better prognosis for patients with ovarian cancer: a pooled meta-analysis

GEO datasets

All patients

Patients with IL6R expression in Top 25%

Patients with IL6R expression in bottom 25%

r

P-value

r

P-value

r

P-value

GSE9891

0.112

0.084

0.400

0.001

−0.058

0.661

GSE17260

0.305

0.001

0.413

0.029

0.119

0.546

GSE26193

0.112

0.250

0.264

0.182

0.097

0.629

GSE26712

0.264

<0.001

0.377

0.009

−0.039

0.797

GSE32062

0.417

<0.001

0.526

<0.001

0.304

0.014

GSE49997

0.246

<0.001

0.212

0.142

0.283

0.049

GSE63885

0.069

0.555

0.145

0.553

0.035

0.886

TCGA

0.186

<0.001

0.175

0.038

0.294

<0.001

Pooled r (95%CI)

0.225 (0.141,0.305)

<0.001

0.310 (0.220,0.395)

<0.001

0.182 (0.087,0.274)

<0.001

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