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Table 2 Spearman’s rank correlation of the hemoglobin levels and various clinical characteristics

From: Impact of preoperative anemia on relapse and survival in breast cancer patients

 

Hb

P

Age

0.035

0.101

Tumor type

0.014

0.509

T stage

−0.078

<0.001

N stage

−0.051

0.019

Clinical stage

−0.085

<0.001

Histologic grading

0.010

0.653

ER

0.029

0.181

PR

0.016

0.460

HER-2

−0.035

0.103

BMI

0.134

<0.001

Chemotherapy

−0.025

0.242

Radiotherapy

−0.014

0.521

Hormonal therapy

0.002

0.912

Targeted therapy

−0.034

0.115

  1. Abbreviations: Hb hemoglobin, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, HER-2 Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2, BMI body mass index.
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