Table 3

Association of COX-2 of the first collection between groups and with variables between patients

Variables	COX-2		P value*
Variables	Median	95% CI	P value*
Group
Patient	2.44	1.05 to 7.36	<0001
Control group (healthy women)	0.01	0.01 to 0.02	<0001
Stage			P**
Stage I	2.01	0.99 to 56.41	0.221
Stage II	6.78	0.94 to 497.81
Stage III	1.07	0.08 to 6.17
Progression			P*
No	6.17	1.22 to 38.96	0.043
Yes	1.07	0.01 to 4.86
Hormonal receptors
No	2.02	0.02 to 94.99	0.839
Yes	3.25	0.83 to 8.88

*Mann-Whitney.
†Kruskal-Wallis.
COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2.