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Table 4 Correlation between different kind of cells and Intensity of staining

From: Cell adhesion molecules’ altered profile in benign and malignant salivary gland tumors. The paradigm of beta4-integrin, desmoglein-2, ICAM-1 and CD44s

CAM

Type off cells

N

Kendall’s τ-c

Spearman’s ρ

Kendall’s τ-c significance

Spearman’s ρ significance

Dsg-2

Control–Adenoma

61

0.987

1.000

< 0.001

< 0.001

Control–Adenocarcinoma

58

0.995

0.950

< 0.001

< 0.001

Beta4-Integrin

Control–Adenoma

61

0.871

0.877

< 0.001

< 0.001

Control–Adenocarcinoma

58

0.193

0.317

0.006

0.015

CD44s

Control–Adenoma

61

0.058

0.164

0.145

0.206

Control–Adenocarcinoma

58

0.578

0.579

< 0.001

< 0.001

ICAM-1

Control–Adenoma

61

0.987

0.990

< 0.001

< 0.001

Control–Adenocarcinoma

58

0.995

0.967

< 0.001

< 0.001