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Table 1 Correlation betweeen HMG-CoAR expression and clinicopathological parameters.

From: Prognostic impact of tumour-specific HMG-CoA reductase expression in primary breast cancer

HMG-CoAR intensity

0

1 to 3

 

n (%)

111 (25.0)

333 (75.0)

p value

Age (years)

   

Median

65

64

 

Range

27 to 89

34 to 96

0.84

≤50

23 (20.7)

51 (15.5)

 

>50

88 (79.3)

279 (84.5)

0.20

Tumour size (mm)

   

Median

20

15

 

Range

1 to 100

1 to 100

<0.001

≤20 mm

57 (51.4)

217 (65.8)

 

>20 mm

54 (48.6)

113 (34.2)

0.007

NHG

   

I

11 (9.9)

97 (29.5)

 

II

45 (40.5)

133 (40.4)

 

III

55 (49.5)

99 (30.1)

<0.001

Node status

   

Negative

67 (65.7)

179 (61.3)

 

Positive

35 (34.3)

113 (38.7)

0.43

Unknown

9

41

 

ER status

   

Negative

22 (20.0)

36 (10.9)

 

Positive

88 (80.0)

294 (89.1)

0.01

Unknown

1

3

 

PR status

   

Negative

16 (14.8)

45 (13.8)

 

Positive

92 (85.2)

281 (86.2)

0.79

Unknown

3

7

 

n (%)

111 (25.0)

333 (75.0)

p-value

Endocrine therapy (tamoxifen)

   

No

50 (55)

147 (59)

 

Yes

41 (45)

103 (41)

 

Unknown

20

83

0.53

Chemotherapy

   

No

81 (89)

240 (95)

 

Yes

10 (11)

12 (5)

 

Unknown

20

81

0.04

HER2 IHC

   

0

77 (73.3)

155 (48.9)

 

1

13 (12.4)

89 (28.1)

 

2

6 (5.7)

37 (11.7)

 

3

9 (8.6)

36 (11.4)

<0.001

unknown

6

16

 

HER2 IHC

   

0 to 2

96 (91)

284 (89)

 

3

9 (9)

36 (11)

0.44

Unknown

6

16

 

Ki67

   

0 to 10%

29 (27.6)

122 (39.5)

 

11 to 25%

35 (33.3)

107 (34.6)

 

>25%

39 (41.0)

80 (25.9)

0.02

Unknown

8

24

 
  1. ER = oestrogen receptor; HER2 = human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; IHC = immunohistochemistry; NHG = Nottingham histological grade; PR = progesterone receptor.
  2. 10% cut-off used for determination of hormone receptor status. Mann-Whitney test for comparison of medians and chi squared test for X × 2 tables. The categories marked as not done and unknown were not included in the analysis.