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. 2008 Feb 19;98(6):1147–1156. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604259

Table 2. Clinicopathological features of breast cancer with or without Wnt antagonist genes methylation.

    SFRP1
SFRP2
SFRP5
DKK1
  n U M P-value U M P-value U M P-value U M P-value
Total 78 47 31   18 60   23 55   63 15  
Age (years, mean±s.d.)   53.66±11.01 52.22±11.97   53.56±12.03 52.95±11.24   52.78±8.88 53.22±12.31   52.46±11.43 55.73±10.96  
                           
pT category
 pTis 1 0 1 0.796 0 1 0.629 0 1 0.860 1 0 0.129
 pT1 17 12 5   4 13   6 11   13 4  
 pT2 41 25 16   11 30   10 31   32 9  
 pT3 8 4 4   1 7   5 3   8 0  
 pT4 7 5 2   1 6   1 6   7 0  
                           
pN category
 pN0 35 20 15 0.809 9 26 0.678 7 28 0.125 29 6 0.747
 pN1 28 20 8   6 22   11 17   21 7  
 pN2 6 2 4   2 4   1 5   6 0  
 pN3 3 2 1   0 3   2 1   3 0  
                           
pM category
 pM0 66 40 26 1.000 17 49 0.325 20 46 0.664 53 13 0.583
 pM1 6 4 2   0 6   1 5   6 0  
                           
ER
 Negative 15 10 5 0.517 6 9 0.292 6 9 0.128 14 1 0.286
 Positive 26 13 13   5 21   4 22   19 7  
                           
HER2
 Negative 24 15 9 0.353 9 15 0.086 5 19 0.714 19 5 0.714
 Positive 18 8 10   2 16   5 13   15 3  
                           
Histology
 Ductal carcinoma in situ 4 3 1   2 2   1 3   4 0  
 Invasive ductal carcinoma 63 37 26   11 52   18 45   51 12  
 Lobular carcinoma in situ 0 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0  
 Invasive lobular carcinoma 2 1 1   0 2   1 1   1 1  
 Others 7 6 1   4 3   3 4   5 2  

ER=oestrogen receptor; HER2=human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.