Table 3.
Association between NF-kB (p65) and prognostic molecular markers
| Variables | NF-kB (p65) status | χ2 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total (90), n (%) | high (59), n (%) | low (31), n (%) | |||
| Estrogen receptor | |||||
| Negative | 53 (58.9) | 35 (59.3) | 18 (58.1) | 0.013 | 1.000 |
| Positive | 37 (41.1) | 24 (40.7) | 13 (41.9) | ||
| Progesterone receptor | |||||
| Negative | 73 (81.1) | 47 (79.7) | 26 (83.9) | 0.235 | 0.779 |
| Positive | 17 (18.9) | 12 (20.3) | 5 (16.1) | ||
| HER2 | |||||
| Negative | 70 (77.8) | 48 (81.4) | 22 (71.0) | 1.972 | 0.373 |
| Positive | 13 (14.4) | 8 (13.6) | 5 (16.1) | ||
| Equivocal | 7 (7.8) | 3 (5.0) | 4 (12.9) | ||
| Ki67 | |||||
| High | 64 (71.1) | 47 (79.7) | 17 (54.8) | 6.095 | 0.026 |
| Low | 26 (28.9) | 12 (20.3) | 14 (45.2) | ||
| Molecular subtype | |||||
| Luminal A | 19 (21.1) | 10 (17.0) | 9 (29.0) | 13.548 | 0.009 |
| Luminal B | 19 (21.1) | 15 (25.4) | 4 (13.0) | ||
| Triple-negative | 38 (42.2) | 29 (49.1) | 9 (29.0) | ||
| Her2-enriched | 10 (11.1) | 5 (8.5) | 5 (16.0) | ||
| Others | 4 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 4 (13.0) | ||