Table 1.
Clinicopathological features |
Cases |
ASK1 expression (n) |
χ2 |
P |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||||
Age (years) |
|
|
|
0.017 |
0.896 |
≥45 |
58 |
18 |
40 |
||
<45 |
27 |
8 |
19 |
||
Histological grade |
|
|
|
0.668 |
0.414 |
I ~ II |
21 |
8 |
13 |
||
III |
63 |
18 |
45 |
||
Tumor size |
|
|
|
0.21 |
0.646 |
≥5 cm3 |
66 |
21 |
45 |
||
<5 cm3 |
19 |
5 |
14 |
||
Lymph node metastasis |
|
|
|
0.527 |
0.468 |
Positive |
41 |
11 |
30 |
||
Negative |
44 |
15 |
29 |
||
TNM stage |
|
|
|
0.336 |
0.562 |
I,II |
55 |
18 |
37 |
||
III,IV |
30 |
8 |
22 |
||
Lesion location |
|
|
|
2.406 |
0.121 |
Right |
45 |
10 |
35 |
||
Left |
34 |
13 |
21 |
||
ER |
|
|
|
0.105 |
0.746 |
Positive |
37 |
12 |
25 |
||
Negative |
48 |
14 |
34 |
||
PR |
|
|
|
0.425 |
0.515 |
Positive |
38 |
13 |
25 |
||
Negative |
47 |
13 |
34 |
||
C-erb B-2 |
|
|
|
5.747 |
0.017 |
Positive |
27 |
13 |
14 |
||
Negative | 58 | 13 | 45 |
Statistical analyzed by Pearson’s chi-square test.