Table 1 Patient characteristics
Variable | Total no. | MTDH expression | Pvalue* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High | Low | |||||
No. | % | No. | % | |||
Age | ||||||
<50 | 40 | 24 | 20.3 | 16 | 13.6 | |
≥50 | 78 | 50 | 42.4 | 28 | 23.7 | 0.663 |
Nodal status | ||||||
Positive | 82 | 58 | 49.2 | 24 | 20.3 | |
Negative | 36 | 16 | 13.6 | 20 | 16.9 | 0.007 |
Stage | ||||||
I | 20 | 7 | 5.9 | 13 | 11.0 | |
II | 27 | 17 | 14.4 | 10 | 8.5 | |
III | 25 | 18 | 15.3 | 7 | 5.9 | |
IV | 46 | 32 | 27.1 | 14 | 11.9 | 0.038 |
Grade | ||||||
1 | 28 | 14 | 11.9 | 14 | 11.9 | |
2 | 43 | 31 | 26.3 | 12 | 10.2 | |
3 | 47 | 29 | 24.5 | 18 | 15.2 | 0.167 |
ER status | ||||||
Positive | 66 | 40 | 33.9 | 26 | 22.0 | |
Negative | 52 | 34 | 28.8 | 18 | 15.3 | 0.594 |
PR status | ||||||
Positive | 60 | 36 | 30.5 | 24 | 20.3 | |
Negative | 58 | 38 | 32.2 | 20 | 17.0 | 0.536 |
Ki67 | ||||||
High index | 78 | 52 | 44.1 | 23 | 19.5 | |
Low index | 40 | 22 | 18.6 | 21 | 17.8 | 0.015 |