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Table 2 Correlation between Trx1 level and clinicopathological characteristics in breast cancer patients and women without cancer

From: The blood level of thioredoxin 1 as a supporting biomarker in the detection of breast cancer

Correlation between Trx1 level and age in breast cancer patients and women without cancer

Variable

Age

Trx1 (95% CI)

No.

%

P Value

Women without cancer

30s

3.16(1.16 to 5.16)

3

2.6

0.6689

(n = 114)

40s

5.99(4.06 to 7.91)

14

12.3

50s

6.31(4.67 to 7.95)

30

26.3

60s

4.84(3.55 to 6.12)

36

31.6

70s

5.29(3.44 to 7.15(

29

25.4

80s

5.25(NA)

2

1.8

Breast cancer patients

30s

22.60 (16.0 to 29.2)

7

6.6

0.705

(n = 106)

40s

22.85 (20.5 to 25.2)

47

44.3

50s

20.75 (19.22 to 22.27)

42

39.6

60s

22.44 (17.0 to 27.82)

10

9.4

Correlation between Trx1 level and clinicopathological characteristics in breast cancer patientsa

Variable

Trx1(95% CI)

No. (n = 106)

%

P Value

Histologic grade

1

22.08 (19.61 to 24.55)

24

22.6

0.8422

2

21.19 (19.54 to 22.84)

51

48.1

3

23.14 (19.95 to 26.32)

31

29.3

Histologic subtypes

DCIS

22.25 (NA)

2

1.9

0.5083

IDC

22.00 (20.54 to 23.45)

92

86.8

ILC

24.63 (19.78 to 29.48)

5

4.7

MC

20.41 (13.78 to 27.03)

5

4.7

IMPC

19.07 (NA)

1

0.9

ITC

15.55 (NA)

1

0.9

Molecular subtypes

Luminal A

20.18 (18.44 to 21.92)

47

44.3

0.1043

Luminal B

23.31 (20.69 to 25.92)

37

34.9

TNBC

24.45 (20.92 to 27.98)

13

12.3

HER2-enriched

22.15 (17.43 to 26.87)

9

8.5

TNM Stage

0

22.25 (NA)

2

1.9

0.4383

1

21.64 (19.48 to 23.8)

37

35

2

21.94 (20.22 to 23.66)

50

47.2

3

21.86 (16.46 to 27.26)

15

14.2

4

28.97 (NA)

2

1.9

Ki67

< 15%

21.52 (20.06 to 22.97)

49

46.2

0.7368

≥15%

22.34 (20.22 to 24.47)

57

53.8

  1. a The clinical information of breast cancer patients was classified according to breast cancer stage, histological grade, proliferation activity, type, and molecular subtype. DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, IDC invasive lobular carcinoma, MC mucinous carcinoma, IMPC invasive micropapillary carcinoma, ITC invasive tubular carcinoma, TNBC triple-negative breast cancer