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Table 5 Association between MMP2/9 overexpression and clinicopathological features in breast cancer patients

From: Prognostic values of tumoral MMP2 and MMP9 overexpression in breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinicopathological feature

MMP2

MMP9

No. of patients

I2 (%)

Model

Pooled OR (95%CI)

P

No. of patients

I2 (%)

Model

Pooled OR (95%CI)

P

Tumor size (> 2 cm vs ≤2 cm)

1254

48.4

R

1.17 (0.78–1.75)

0.448

3005

0

F

1.32 (1.13–1.54)

< 0.001

Tumor size (> 5 cm vs ≤5 cm)

1286

15.9

F

1.12 (0.76–1.64)

0.568

924

0

F

2.02 (1.28–3.17)

0.002

Lymph node status (+ vs -)

1606

40.3

R

1.22 (0.88–1.70)

0.225

1945

77.1

R

2.90 (1.86–4.53)

< 0.001

Distant metastasis (+ vs -)

219

22.0

F

2.69 (1.35–5.39)

0.005

–

–

–

–

–

ER (+ vs -)

1784

47.1

R

0.82 (0.57–1.18)

0.290

1975

58.2

R

1.00 (0.71–1.39)

0.990

PR (+ vs -)

1660

5.7

F

1.07 (0.85–1.35)

0.545

1876

55.2

R

1.00 (0.73–1.38)

0.991

HER2 (+ vs -)

361

64.8

R

1.28 (0.49–3.37)

0.612

1007

0

F

1.41 (1.05–1.90)

0.021

TNM stage (III-IV vs I-II)

666

28.0

F

2.09 (1.36–3.21)

0.001

2419

70.7

R

2.00 (1.26–3.19)

0.004

Grade (2–3 vs 1)

1437

0

F

2.11 (1.55–2.88)

< 0.001

2051

61.9

R

1.55 (0.91–2.62)

0.107

Grade (3 vs 1–2)

1089

0

F

1.53 (1.14–2.06)

0.005

2609

48.4

R

1.77 (1.32–2.36)

< 0.001

  1. ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, F fixed effect model, R random effect model, OR odds ratio
  2. +: positive; −: negative