Steroid hormone receptor expression in ovarian cancer: progesterone receptor B as prognostic marker for patient survival

Table 2 Correlation between ER-α, ER-β, PR-A, PR-B, LH-R and FSH-R

	Correlations	ER-α	ER-β	PR-A	PR-B	LH-R	FSH-R
ER-α	Correlation Coefficient	-	0.058	0.236^**	0.237^**	0.045	0.104
	Sig. (2-tailed)	-	NS	0.003	0.003	NS	NS
	N	-	153	152	154	154	151
ER-β	Correlation Coefficient	0.058	-	0.234^**	0.133	0.032	−0.026
	Sig. (2-tailed)	NS	-	0.004	NS	NS	NS
	N	153	-	150	152	151	148
PR-A	Correlation Coefficient	0.236^**	0.234^**	-	0.622^**	−0.164^*	0.069
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.003	0.004	-	<0.001	0.045	NS
	N	152	150	-	152	150	147
PR-B	Correlation Coefficient	0.237^**	0.133	0.622^**	-	−0.031	−0.060
PR-B	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.003	NS	<0.001	-	NS	NS
	N	154	152	152	-	152	149

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed) * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed) (Spearman’s rho), significant results are shown in bold. NS=not significant.

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