Table 4

Associations between nuclear receptor and COX-2 expression in colorectal tumors


PPARγ
PPARδ
RXRα
RARα
RARβ
RARγ
COX-2

PPARγ
1.000
0.390 (0.002)a
0.364 (0.004)
0.408 (0.001)
0.105 (n.s.)
0.436 (<0.001)
-0.191 (n.s.)
PPARδ

1.000
0.620 (<0.001)
0.773 (<0.001)
0.571 (<0.001)
0.601 (<0.001)
0.407 (n.s.)
RXRα


1.000
0.577 (<0.001)
0.438 (<0.001)
0.425 (0.001)
0.161 (n.s.)
RARα



1.000
0.581 (<0.001)
0.538 (<0.001)
0.291 (0.024)
RARβ




1.000
0.434 (0.001)
0.453 (<0.001)
RARγ





1.000
0.202 (n.s.)
COX-2






1.000

n.s. not significant

a correlation coefficient with the p value from Spearman's test in parentheses

Delage et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:20   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-20