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Table 2 Association of the levels of expression of OPG, TRAIL, RANKL, SDF-1, IL-6, and CCL-2 in TEpCs with the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with early invasive

From: Prognostic significance of TRAIL-R3 and CCR-2 expression in tumor epithelial cells of patients with early breast cancer

Characteristics

Ligands in TEpC

OPG

TRAIL

RANKL

SDF-1

IL-6

CCL-2

High expression %

p

High expression %

p

High expression %

p

High expression %

p

High expression %

p

High expression %

p

Age (years)

<50

10.0

>0.999

2.2

0.657

70.0

>0.999

40.0

0.153

22.2

0.464

22.2

0.110

≥50

15.7

16.0

73.1

67.3

39.2

4.1

Tumor size (cm)

<2

13.9

>0.999

17.1

>0.999

65.9

0.114

70.4

0.044*

42.9

0.236

7.3

>0.999

≥2

11.8

17.6

88.2

41.2

23.5

6.2

Histological grade

G1

20.0

0.713

21.4

0.744

46.7

0.073

80.0

0.093

42.9

0.307

6.7

0.357

G2

10.0

20.0

80.9

66.7

45.0

0.0

G3

12.5

13.0

79.2

45.8

25.0

13.0

HER2/neu status

Negative

8.1

0.239

18.9

0.733

76.3

0.388

63.2

>0.999

39.5

0.780

2.9

0.287

Positive

21.7

14.3

65.2

60.9

33.33

13.6

ER status

Negative

13.3

>0.999

7.7

0.429

80.0

0.523

40.0

0.064

42.9

0.753

20.0

0.049*

Positive

13.3

20.0

69.6

69.6

35.6

2.4

PR status

Negative

14.3

>0.999

8.3

0.444

78.6

0.737

50.0

0.351

38.5

>0.999

7.1

>0.999

Positive

13.0

19.6

70.2

66.0

37.0

7.0

Regional lymph nodes

Negative

11.6

0.666

25.0

0.048*

67.4

0.352

58.1

0.555

39.0

0.761

4.7

0.349

Positive

20.0

0.0

81.2

68.7

31.2

14.3

Metastatic occurrence

Negative

20.9

0.180

21.4

0.664

70.4

0.707

59.1

>0.999

30.2

>0.999

2.4

0.109

Positive

18.2

10.0

81.8

63.6

40.0

18.2

Local relapse

Negative

6.1

0.330

20.8

0.576

70.0

0.307

60.0

>0.999

38.8

0.284

4.3

0.266

Positive

20.0

0.0

100.0

60.0

0.0

20.0