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Table 1 Lysozyme HSCORE values classified according to various characteristics of patients and tumors

From: Expression and prognostic significance of lysozyme in male breast cancer

  

HSCORE *

 

Characteristics

n

Mean ± s.e

Median (range)

P

Total tumors

60

85.6 ± 13.6

0 (0–320)

 

Age

   

n.s.

   <60

15

85.3 ± 28.8

0 (0–270)

 

   ≥ 60

45

85.7 ± 15.6

0 (0–320)

 

Tumor size

   

n.s.

   T1

20

77.5 ± 22.7

0 (0–270)

 

   T2

19

110 ± 27.3

100 (0–320)

 

   T3–T4

21

71.4 ± 21.3

0 (0–270)

 

Nodal status

   

n.s.

   N0

32

89.6 ± 19.7

0 (0–320)

 

   N+

28

84.1 ± 19.5

0 (0–270)

 

Histological grade

   

n.s.

   I

12

62.5 ± 34

0 (0–320)

 

   II

28

102.8 ± 20.1

110 (0–270)

 

   III

20

75.5 ± 21.9

0 (0–270)

 

Metastasis status

   

n.s.

   M0

57

87.7 ± 14.2

0 (0–320)

 

   M1

3

46.6 ± 46.6

0 (0–140)

 

Estrogen receptor status (fmol/mg protein)

   ≥ 10

30

81.6 ± 18.5

0 (0–270)

 

   <10

3

0

0 (0)

 

Histological type

   

n.s.

   Ductal

53

93.5 ± 14.8

0 (0–320)

 

   Lobular

2

0

0 (0)

 

   Papillary

3

60 ± 60

0 (0–180)

 

   Cribiform

2

0

0 (0)

 
  1. *Semiquantitive immunostaining score for lysozyme. s.e. = standard error; n.s. = not significant.