Table 4 Association of alphaB-crystallin with clinicopathological parameters
alphaB-crystallin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Weakly positive | Strongly positive | p-value (Pearson chi-square) | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Randomization arm | 0.556 | |||
E-T-CMF | 367 (47.7) | 55 (55.6) | 32 (45.1) | |
E-CMF | 126 (16.4) | 8 (8.1) | 13 (18.3) | |
ET-CMF | 277 (36.0) | 36 (36.4) | 26 (36.6) | |
Age | 0.058 | |||
<50 | 301 (39.1) | 47 (47.5) | 33 (46.5) | |
≥50 | 469 (60.9) | 52 (52.5) | 38 (53.5) | |
Menopausal status | 0.402 | |||
Premenopausal | 351 (45.6) | 51 (51.5) | 33 (46.5) | |
Postmenopausal | 419 (54.4) | 48 (48.5) | 38 (53.5) | |
Type of surgery | <0.001 | |||
MRM | 548 (71.2) | 53 (53.5) | 43 (60.6) | |
Breast conserving | 222 (28.8) | 46 (46.5) | 28 (39.4) | |
Tumor size (cm) | 0.937 | |||
≤2 | 232 (30.1) | 35 (35.4) | 21 (29.6) | |
2.1-5 | 435 (56.5) | 55 (55.6) | 40 (56.3) | |
>5 | ||||
Histological type | 0.084 | |||
Ductal | 586 (76.1) | 80 (80.8) | 61 (85.9) | |
Lobular | 89 (11.6) | 6 (6.1) | 2 (2.8) | |
Mixed | 59 (7.7) | 10 (10.1) | 3 (4.2) | |
Other | 36 (4.7) | 3 (3.0) | 5 (7.0) | |
Number of positive nodes | 0.957 | |||
0-3 | 298 (38.7) | 36 (36.4) | 29 (40.8) | |
≥4 | 472 (61.3) | 63 (63.6) | 42 (59.2) | |
Histological grade | <0.001 | |||
I-II | 406 (52.7) | 40 (40.4) | 24 (33.8) | |
III-Undifferentiated | 364 (47.3) | 59 (59.6) | 47 (66.2) | |