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. 2013 Aug 8;8(8):e72219. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072219

Table 2. Correlation between ESR1 gene dosage and clinico-pathological data in the entire group and in the tamoxifen-treated patients.

Variable All patients
Tamoxifen-treated patients
N Median ESR1 gene dosage (25-75 percentile) P N Median ESR1 gene dosage (25-75 percentile) P
T stage
T1-2 219 1.11 (0.85-1.39) 0.01 67 1.10 (0.86-1.24) 0.85
T3-4 59 1.25 (0.88-1.97) 7 1.13 (0.63-1.18)
N stage
0 148 1.08 (0.82-1.31) 0.008 54 1.11 (0.85-1.24) 0.78
1 129 1.17 (0.91-1.65) 19 1.07 (0.85-1.17)
Grade
1-2 121 1.11 90.89-1.41) 0.87 29 1.08 (0.85-1.17) 0.54
3 85 1.16 (0.87-1.47) 15 1.10 (0.92-1.21)
Histological type
Ductal 191 1.13 (0.87-1.56) 0.12 42 1.10 (0.91-1.23) 0.45
Lobular 51 1.01 (0.82-1.31) 19 0.95 (0.74-1.24)
ER status
Negative 120 1.20 (0.86-1.64) 0.12 22 1.10 (0.90-1.49) 0.26
Positive 161 1.10 (0.85-1.37) 53 1.08 (0.84-1.20)
PR status
Negative 131 1.11 (0.83-1.65) 0.75 22 1.10 (0.84-1.25) 1
Positive 150 1.11 (0.88-1.39) 53 1.10 (0.85-1.23)
HER2 status
Negative 182 1.10 (0.83-1.37) 0.75 47 1.08 (0.83-1.21) 0.50
Positive 29 1.11 (0.90-1.31) 9 1.20 (0.88-1.23)
Age
<50 yr. 68 1.18 (0.88-1.51) 0.53 19 1.20 (0.99-1.55) 0.05
≥50 yr. 213 1.10 (0.85-1.47) 56 1.06 (0.80-1.17)
Molecular subtype
Luminal A 60 1.10 (0.85-1.39) 1 13 1.08 (0.85-1.11) 0.71
Luminal B (HER2-) 38 1.13 (0.40-2.07) 11 1.05 (0.83-1.21)
Luminal B (HER2+) 15 1.17 (0.92-1.27) 8 1.21 (0.90-1.27)
HER2+ 14 1.02 (0.87-1.71) 1 0.87
Triple negative 56 1.07 (0.80-1.43) 5 1.13 (0.63-1.16)
Allred score
0-2 20 1.03 (0.88-1.29) 0.56 -
3-6 27 1.12 (0.87-1.41)
7-8 41 1.18 (0.90-1.58)
ESR1 PvuII
wt/wt Not analyzed 22 1.19 (1.10-1.31) 0.0003
wt/vt 30 1.07 (0.85-1.17)
vt/vt 16 0.77 (0.64-1.03)
CYP2C19
wt/wt Not analyzed 56 1.10 (0.84-1.24) 0.58
wt/*2 10 1.11 (0.97-1.18)
*2/*2 2 0.89 (0.72-1.05)
UGT2B15
wt/wt Not analyzed 19 1.04 (0.73-1.18) 0.54
wt/*2 33 1.10 (0.90-1.20)
*2/*2 15 1.11 (0.88-1.31)