Table 1.

Comparative expression of GFRα1, GFRα3 and SDC3 in benign breast disease (BBD) and mammary carcinoma (MC)

		GFRα1 expression (n (%))				GFRα3 expression (n (%))				SDC3 expression (n (%))
Group	n	mRNA	P	protein	P	mRNA	P	protien	P	mRNA	P	protein	P
BBD	26	6(23.1)	0.01	5(19.2)	0.067	5(19.2)	0.023	3(11.5)	0.037	9 (34.6)	0.903	8(30.8)	0.796
MC	159	80(50.3)		60(37.7)		68(42.8)		50(31.4)		57(35.8)		45(28.3)

Values in bold are significant (P < 0.05).