Table 3: CTCs microscopic (MIC) and flow cytometric (FC) quantification values comparison using unpaired two sample t-test, statistical significance p-value < 0.05.

Unpaired t-test values

p-value

t

df

Confidence Interval, 95%

SD MIC, SD FC

Unpaired t-test /1 ml

0.96

-0.0517

8

[-0.6384, 0.6104]

0.5477, 0.2581

Unpaired t-test/7.5 ml

0.9612

-0.0502

8

[-4.7859, 4.5819]

4.1079, 1.9374