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Table 2 Molecular and clinicopathological parameters correlation according to IKKε expression in breast cancer patients

From: Detection of IKKε by immunohistochemistry in primary breast cancer: association with EGFR expression and absence of lymph node metastasis

Parameters

IKKε positive n (%)

IKKε negative n (%)

P-value

Age

<45

11 (11.8)

4 (6.6)

0.4231

≥45

82 (88.2)

57 (93.4)

Pathological type

Ductal

63 (67.8)

47 (77)

0.2855

Medullary

30 (32.3)

14 (23)

Grade

I

12 (12.9)

3 (4.9)

0.1561

II

8 (8.6)

3 (4.9)

III

73 (78.5)

55 (90.2)

unknown

0

0

Molecular subtypes

Triple negative

54 (58)

40 (65.6)

0.4439

other

39 (42)

21 (34.4)

HER2

7 (7.5)

6 (9.8)

0.8707

Luminal A

8 (8.6)

8 (13.1)

Luminal B

2 (2.2)

3 (4.9)

unknown

22

4

Lymph Node Metastasis

positive

23 (24.7)

30 (49.2)

0.0032

negative

70 (75.3)

31 (50.8)

unknown

0

0

ERα

positive

20 (21.5)

15 (24.6)

0.8872

negative

70 (75.3)

46 (75.4)

unknown

3

0

PR

positive

13 (14)

6 (9.8)

1

negative

71 (76.3)

50 (82)

unknown

9

1

HER2

positive

18 (19.4)

6 (9.8)

0.1196

negative

67 (72)

54 (88.5)

unknown

8

1

EGFR

positive

47 (50.5)

16 (26)

0.0011

negative

38 (40.9)

44 (72)

unknown

8

1

Ki67

positive

83 (89.2)

51 (83.6)

0.1061

negative

5 (5.4)

9 (14.8)

unknown

5

1

p53

positive

30 (32.2)

10 (16.4)

0.5735

negative

42 (45.2)

20 (32.8)

unknown

21

31

CK5/6

positive

46 (49.5)

21 (34.4)

0.0568

negative

42 (45.2)

39 (64)

unknown

5

1

CK14

positive

34 (36.6)

16 (26.2)

0.0869

negative

48 (51.6)

45 (73.8)

unknown

11

0

GATA3

positive

17 (18.3)

8 (13.1)

0.797

negative

55 (59.1)

20 (32.8)

unknown

21

33

CD276

positive

37 (39.8)

13 (21.3)

0.3007

negative

22 (23.7)

14 (23)

unknown

34

34

Galectin 7

positive

38 (40.9)

12 (19.7)

0.4758

negative

38 (40.9)

18 (29.5)

unknown

17

31

  1. P-values were computed using a chi-squared test. Observations with parameter values ‘unknown’ were omitted from the test
  2. P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant and indicated as bold italized