Table 4

Relationships between the proliferation markers (Spearman's rank correlation)

Mitoses/10HPF

Mitotic index

r_s

.864¹

Mitotic index

p value

0.000

Ki-67/MIB-1

r_s

.292

.238

Ki-67/MIB-1

p value

0.255

0.358

PHH3 mitoses

/10HPF

r_s

.402

.404

.543

PHH3 mitoses/10HPF

p value

0.110

0.108

0.015

PHH3 index

r_s

.320

.361

.470

.661

PHH3 index

p value

0.211

0.154

0.015

0.000

TIIα

r_s

.430

.303

.479

.611

.352

TIIα

p value

0.075

0.222

0.013

0.001

0.078

Survivin

r_s

.582

.588

.666

.672

.779

.552

Survivin

p value

0.011

0.010

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.003

Mitosin

r_s

.312

.261

.558

.372

.475

.443

.627

p value

0.223

0.311

0.005

0.074

0.019

0.027

0.001

¹ p value < 0,05 is highlighted

Habberstad et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2011 6:43   doi:10.1186/1746-1596-6-43