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Table 2 Results of one-way ANOVA tests, clarifying the differences of the means of the heterogeneity factor (HF) in each of the T, N, and M stages

From: Prognostic implication of intratumoral metabolic heterogeneity in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast

Variables

No. of cases (%)

HF (mean)

F-ratio

p value

T stage

  

27.33

< 0.001*

T1

60 (48.8)

0.18

  

T2

49 (39.8)

0.19

  

T3

10 (8.1)

1.12

  

T4

4 (3.3)

2.81

  

N stage

  

8.07

< 0.001*

N0

63 (51.2)

0.19

  

N1

29 (23.6)

0.22

  

N2

18 (14.6)

0.40

  

N3

13 (10.6)

1.30

  

M stage

  

0.26

0.612

M0

114 (92.7)

0.34

  

M1

9 (7.3)

0.48

  
  1. HF = Heterogeneity factor.
  2. *p < 0.01.
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