Table 2.

Correlation of the expression of TMEM120B with clinicopathological features in 140 cases of breast cancer

Clinicopathological	Total TMEM120B					Cytosolic expression				Nuclear expression
factors	N	(+)	(-)	χ2	P	N	(+)	(-)	P	N	(+)	(-)	P
Age (years)
<51	74	37	37	0.032	0.867	70	34	36	0.727	4	3	1	0.524
≥51	66	34	32			61	32	29		5	2	3
TNBC
Yes	63	33	30	0.127	0.737	58	31	27	0.599	5	2	3	0.524
No	77	38	39			73	35	38		4	3	1
TNM classification
I + II	95	41	54	6.751	0.011	89	38	51	0.015	6	3	3	1.000
III	45	30	15			42	28	14		3	2	1
Lymph node metastasis
Positive	55	36	19	7.875	0.006	50	33	17	0.007	5	3	2	1.000
Negative	85	35	50			81	33	48		4	2	2
Subcellular localization
Cytoplasm	131	66	65	0.090	1.000
Nucleus	9	5	4