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Table 4 Correlation between T lymphocyte (CD3+) infiltration and Treg (FOXP3+) infiltration in primary tumors, lymph node metastases, and distant metastases

From: Regulatory T lymphocyte infiltration in metastatic breast cancer—an independent prognostic factor that changes with tumor progression

  

CD3

Lnm

CD3

Dm

FOXP3

Prim

FOXP3

Lnm

FOXP3

Dm

CD3

Prim

R

0,22

0,12

0,54

0,23

-0,24

p

0,068

0,57

0,000

0,063

0,24

N

69

26

172

68

26

CD3

Lnm

R

 

-0,39

0,26

0,55

0,23

p

 

0,17

0,031

0,000

0,42

N

 

14

70

78

14

CD3

Dm

R

  

-0,074

-0,47

0,61

p

  

0,72

0,088

0,000

N

  

26

14

34

FOXP3

Prim

R

   

0,19

-0,18

p

   

0,12

0,37

N

   

69

26

FOXP3

Lnm

R

    

-0,35

p

    

0,22

N

    

14

  1. Abbreviations: R correlation coefficient, N number of patients included in analysis, Prim primary tumor, Lnm lymph node metastasis, Dm distant metastasis. Spearman correlati on, two-tailed P value. Bold indicates P value < 0.05