Table 1 Correlations between FIs of clinical samples and ambient temperature.

From: Development of an intraoperative breast cancer margin assessment method using quantitative fluorescence measurements

Sample type

Variable

Correlation

95% CI

p-value

Cancerous

5 min FI

0.165

− 0.021

0.339

0.081

15 min FI

0.189

0.004

0.361

0.045

Non-cancerous

5 min FI

0.156

− 0.013

0.316

0.070

15 min FI

0.182

0.014

0.340

0.034

  1. FI, fluorescence increase; CI, confidence interval.
  2. Significant values are in bold.
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