Table 5 Multivariate analysis of inflammatory markers among the different tumour types all of the reported values are at p < 0.05.
Dependent variable | (I) Type of tumour | (J) Type of tumour | Mean difference (I–J) | Std. error | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower bound | Upper bound | |||||
IL-1 | Invasive ductal carcinoma | Medullary carcinoma | 0.7668* | 0.3639 | 0.0517 | 1.481 |
IL-2 | Invasive ductal carcinoma | Papillary carcinoma | 1.0842* | 0.50673 | 0.0885 | 2.07 |
Invasive lobular carcinoma | Papillary carcinoma | 1.3470* | 0.54377 | 0.2786 | 2.4154 | |
IL-4 | Invasive ductal carcinoma | Papillary carcinoma | 1.3006* | 0.625 | 0.0723 | 2.5288 |
IL-6 | Medullary carcinoma | Papillary carcinoma | 1.4263* | 0.693 | 0.0631 | 2.7896 |
IL-17 | Invasive lobular carcinoma | Papillary carcinoma | 1.2714* | 0.572 | 0.1456 | 2.3971 |
MMP-8 | Invasive ductal carcinoma | Medullary carcinoma | − 138.5159* | 49.85 | − 236.47 | − 40.56 |
Invasive lobular carcinoma | Medullary carcinoma | − 138.7155* | 59.25 | − 255.14 | − 22.28 | |
HSP-90 | Invasive lobular carcinoma | Medullary carcinoma | − 8.4724* | 4.23 | − 16.79 | − 0.152 |
