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. 2013 Mar 5;108(5):1042–1051. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.601

Table 2. Expression pattern of biomarkers in early operable primary beast cancer – young (<70 years) vs older (⩾70 years) women.

  Categorical variables <70 vs ⩾70 years
Biomarker <70 N (%) ⩾70 N (%) P-value
ER     0.04
 Positive 953 (66.7) 401 (70.1)  
 Negative 476 (33.3) 171 (29. 9)  
PgR     0.08
 Positive 1005 (58.9) 317 (55.5)  
 Negative 702 (41.1) 254 (44.5)  
HER2     0.40
 Positive 140 (8.2) 45 (7.7)  
 Negative 1574 (91.8) 538 (92.3)  
CK5     <0.001
 Positive 204 (15.8) 155 (29.9)  
 Negative 1086 (84.2) 364 (70.1)  
CK5/6     <0.001
 Positive 288 (16.7) 194 (35.0)  
 Negative 1432 (83.3) 360 (65.0)  
CK7/8     0.001
 Positive 1717 (99.1) 548 (97.2)  
 Negative 15 (0.9) 16 (2.8)  
CK18     <0.001
 Positive 1453 (89.4) 527 (95.6)  
 Negative 172 (10.6) 24 (4.4)  
CK19     0.46
 Positive 1633 (94.4) 533 (94.7)  
 Negative 96 (5.6) 30 (5.3)  
Muc1     0.05
 Positive 1258 (89.4) 510 (91.9)  
 Negative 149 (10.6) 45 (8.1)  
E-cadherin     <0.001
 Positive 1458 (84.8) 421 (73.9)  
 Negative 261 (15.2) 149 (26.1)  
p53     <0.001
 Positive 468 (27.4) 199 (35.7)  
 Negative 1241 (72.6) 359 (64.3)  
Bcl2     <0.001
 Positive 301 (43.8) 441 (82.7)  
 Negative 387 (56.3) 92 (17.3)