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Table 2 Association of HMGCR expression with tumor characteristics

From: Tumor-specific expression of HMG-CoA reductase in a population-based cohort of breast cancer patients

 

All patients median (IQR) or %

Missing

Patients with evaluable TMA

HMGCR expression-Intensity median (IQR) or %

 

No staining = 0

Weak = 1

Moderate/Strong = 2/3

P-value

n=

1026

 

885

113

555

217

 

pT

 

0

    

0.77a

1

740 (72.1 %)

 

631 (71.3 %)

77 (68.1 %)

404 (72.8 %)

150 (69.1 %)

 

2

269 (26.2 %)

 

238 (26.9 %)

34 (30.1 %)

140 (25.2 %)

64 (29.5 %)

 

3

15 (1.5 %)

 

14 (1.6 %)

2 (1.8 %)

9 (1.6 %)

31 (1.4 %)

 

4

2 (0.2 %)

 

2 (0.2 %)

0 (0 %)

2 (0.4 %)

0 (0 %)

 

Axillary node involvement

 

2

    

0.020b

0

627 (61.2 %)

 

532 (60.2 %)

60 (53.1 %)

330 (59.6 %)

142 (65.7 %)

 

1-3

306 (29.9 %)

 

270 (30.6 %)

37 (32.7 %)

177 (31.9 %)

56 (25.9 %)

 

4+

91 (8.9 %)

 

81 (9.2 %)

16 (14.2 %)

47 (8.5 %)

18 (8.3 %)

 

Histological grade

 

1

    

0.013b

I

252 (24.6 %)

 

203 (22.9 %)

20 (17.7 %)

126 (22.7 %)

57 (26.3 %)

 

II

511 (49.9 %)

 

443 (50.1 %)

54 (47.8 %)

278 (50.1 %)

111 (51.2 %)

 

III

262 (25.6 %)

 

239 (27.0 %)

39 (34.5 %)

151 (27.2 %)

49 (22.6 %)

 

Histological type

 

1

    

0.512a

Mainly ductal

836 (81.6 %)

 

737 (83.4 %)

96 (85.0 %)

467 (84.3 %)

174 (80.2 %)

 

Mainly lobular

121 (11.8 %)

 

97 (11.0 %)

11 (9.7 %)

55 (9.9 %)

31 (14.3 %)

 

Other or mixed

66 (6.4 %)

 

50 (5.7 %)

6 (5.3 %)

32 (5.8 %)

12 (5.5 %)

 

Hormone receptor status

 

2

     

ER+

896 (87.5 %)

 

771 (87.2 %)

84 (74.3 %)

484 (87.4 %)

203 (93.5 %)

<0.0001b

PgR+

726 (70.9 %)

 

627 (70.9 %)

70 (61.9 %)

389 (70.2 %)

168 (77.4 %)

0.003b

HER 2 amplification*

 

59

    

0.009b

HER 2 positive

86 (11.7 %)

 

71 (11.1 %)

13 (21.0 %)

46 (11.2 %)

12 (7.2 %)

 

HER 2 negative

601 (81.4 %)

 

527 (82.3 %)

47 (75.8 %)

340 (82.7 %)

140 (83.8 %)

 
  1. *Patients younger than 70 years of age and included as of November 2005 aChi-Square, bLinear-by-linear