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Table 1 Patients' age and histopathological characteristics of tumors

From: Gene expression of PMP22 is an independent prognostic factor for disease-free and overall survival in breast cancer patients

  

Mean gene expression

 

Sample number (%)

EMP1

EMP2

EMP3

PMP22

 

249 (100.0)

1.090

0.225

0.115

0.491

Age

     

≤50 years

84 (33.7)

1.108

0.236

0.113

0.500

>50 years

165 (66.3)

1.081

0.220

0.117

0.487

Histological type

     

invasive ductal carcinoma

189 (75.9)

1.045

0.216

0.110

0.482

invasive lobular carcinoma

40 (16.1)

1.385

0.280

0.133

0.558

others and unknown

20 (8.0)

1.006

0.220

0.133

0.455

Nodal status

     

pN0

95 (38.1)

1.128

0.224

0.122

0.524

pN1

124 (49.8)

1.059

0.228

0.110

0.467

unknown

30 (12.1)

1.102

0.217

0.117

0.493

Tumor size

     

pT1 (<2 cm)

65 (26.1)

1.153

0.226

0.125

0.528

pT2 (2-5 cm)

127 (51.0)

1.011

0.199

0.110

0.453

pT3 (>5 cm)

23 (9.2)

1.024

0.289

0.111

0.514

pT4

14 (5.6)

1.378

0.395

0.127

0.590

others and unknown

20 (8.0)

1.331

0.246

0.116

0.543

Differentiation grade

  

p = 0.005

 

p = 0.019

G1

34 (13.7)

1.194

0.351

0.147

0.713

G2

123 (49.4)

1.131

0.250

0.116

0.531

G3

71 (28.5)

0.978

0.165

0.100

0.357

unknown

21 (8.4)

1.096

0.171

0.120

0.497

Estrogen Receptor

 

P < 0.0001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

positive

133 (53.4)

1.325

0.344

0.141

0.715

negative

116 (46.6)

0.875

0.138

0.092

0.319