Table 3 Spearman correlation analysis of the expression of podoplanin on CAFs with selected histological parameters.

From: Evaluation of podoplanin expression in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma and stromal fibroblasts and its prognostic implications

Spearman correlation: Podoplanin expression on stromal fibroblasts in association to -

tumor stage

infiltration depth

amount of groin lymph node affection

histological tumor grade (grade I–IV)

r

0.02707

-0.06024

0.1062

0.1863

95% confidence interval

-0.2196 to 0.2705

-0.3010 to 0.1877

-0.1466 to 0.3459

-0.06172 to 0.4126

p value (two-tailed)

0.8266

0.6256

0.3962

0.1282

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