Estrogen receptor β is associated with expression of cancer associated genes and survival in ovarian cancer

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Table 3 Steroid hormone receptor expression in ovarian cancer: mean receptor expression levels in all ovarian cancer specimens

	ERα		ERβ (nuclear)		ERβ (cytoplasmic)		PR
	Mean	p-value	Mean	p-value	Mean	p-value	Mean	p-value
G2	4.30	0.9464	1.72	0.0466	0.26	0.4424	2.19	0.9202
G3	4.06	0.9464	1.07	0.0466	0.17	0.4424	1.19	0.9202
FIGO I + II	3.97	0.9172	1.27	0.6752	0.23	0.9548	3.48	0.0202
FIGO III + IV	4.15	0.9172	1.28	0.6752	0.21	0.9548	1.06	0.0202
G2	4.26	0.9835	1.58	0.2049	0.29	0.4139	1.90	0.8961
G3	4.06	0.9835	1.12	0.2049	0.18	0.4139	1.18	0.8961
FIGO I + II	3.80	0.9338	0.79	0.2563	0.30	0.6205	3.37	0.0190
FIGO III + IV	4.10	0.9338	1.31	0.2563	0.21	0.6205	1.05	0.0190

A non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis rank-sum test was used for testing differences in receptor expression of estrogen receptor (ER) α, nuclear ERβ, cytoplasmic ERβ and progesterone receptor (PR) among the groups. p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant (indicated by using bold font)

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