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Table 8 Correlation of SWE elastic modulus and anisotropy parameters with tumor stem cell and epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers

From: Relationship of shear wave elastography anisotropy with tumor stem cells and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer

Items

E-maximum cross section diameter

E-maximum longitudinal section diameter

Emax (cross section)

Emax (longitudinal section)

Emean (cross section)

Emean (longitudinal section)

Esd (cross section)

Esd (longitudinal section)

Eratio (cross section)

Eratio (longitudinal section)

E-cadherin

 − 0.049

 − 0.089

 − 0.193

 − 0.285*

 − 0.212

 − 0.300**

 − 0.186

 − 0.247*

 − 0.299**

 − 0.232*

β-catenin

0.2

0.141

0.314**

0.008

0.283*

0.000

0.288*

 − 0.065

 − 0.003

 − 0.127

Vimentin

0.091

0.13

 − 0.148

 − 0.057

 − 0.179

 − 0.057

 − 0.147

 − 0.07

 − 0.221

 − 0.164

N-cadherin

0.306**

0.257*

0.600**

0.415**

0.617**

0.419**

0.610**

0.257*

0.087

0.054

CD44

0.149

0.146

0.646**

0.560**

0.606**

0.532**

0.641**

0.509**

0.576**

0.553**

CD24

0.016

 − 0.039

 − 0.063

 − 0.178

 − 0.077

 − 0.172

 − 0.117

 − 0.125

0.04

 − 0.052

Items

Admax

Admean

ADratio

Adsd

Afmax

Afmean

Afratio

Afsd

E-cadherin

0.116

0.108

 − 0.138

0.154

 − 0.179

 − 0.223*

0.055

 − 0.182

β-catenin

0.343**

0.338**

0.145

0.293**

0.001

 − 0.043

0.016

 − 0.132

Vimentin

 − 0.1

 − 0.145

 − 0.11

 − 0.028

 − 0.122

 − 0.108

 − 0.133

 − 0.097

N-cadherin

0.189

0.232*

0.055

0.152

0.095

0.043

0.075

 − 0.036

CD44

0.072

0.082

0.141

 − 0.129

0.642**

0.602**

0.253*

0.467**

CD24

0.137

0.116

0.117

0.061

0.061

0.047

0.077

 − 0.006

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01