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. 2015 Jan 27;112(4):729–738. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.664

Table 4. Osteopontin variant immunohistochemistry and clinicopathologic variables.

Polish cohort ER status PR status Her2 status   BRCA1 status Family history Tumor stage N Tumor stage T
OPNc nucl.int.
Correlation 0.07331 0.00433 −0.00701   0.14347 0.05927 0.21711 0.14069
P-value 0.263 0.9473 0.9183   0.073 0.4267 0.0006 0.0267
N
235
235
217
 
157
182
248
248
OPNc nucl.per.
Correlation −0.07118 −0.04898 0.07376   0.17555 0.08196 0.10875 0.08009
P-value 0.27772 0.4549 0.2793   0.0279 0.2713 0.0874 0.2043
N
235
235
217
 
157
182
248
248
Exon 4 cyt.int.
Correlation −0.03726 0.00904 0.11273   0.11684 0.07928 0.1472 0.21118
P-value 0.5698 0.8904 0.0977   0.145 0.2874 0.0204 0.0008
N
235
235
217
 
157
182
248
248
Exon 4 cyt.per.
Correlation −0.00177 −0.07063 0.14513   0.19729 0.08401 0.15886 0.13067
P-value 0.9785 0.2809 0.0326   0.0133 0.2595 0.0122 0.0398
N
235
235
217
 
157
182
248
248
Tumor stage T
Correlation −0.05872 −0.00674 −0.04282   −0.01138 0.08799 0.20622
P-value 0.4137 0.9253 0.5682   0.8954 0.2701 0.001
N
196
196
180
 
136
159
248

Tumor stage N
Correlation −0.21586 −0.18042 −0.03603   0.01182 −0.10732
P-value 0.0024 0.0114 0.6311   0.8914 0.1781
N
196
196
180
 
136
159


Family history
Correlation 0.30712 0.29218 0.11734   0.43464
P-value <0.0001 0.0002 0.1395   <0.0001
N
162
162
160
 
135



BRCA1 status
Correlation −0.05872 −0.00476 0.24007  
P-value 0.4137 0.9545 0.0044  
N
196
146
139
 




Her2 status
Correlation 0.05843 0.1501  
P-value 0.4257 0.0398  
N
188
188

 




PR status
Correlation −0.05872  
P-value 0.4137  
N 196  
Swedish cohort PR status ER status Her2 status Cyclin D Cyclin E Cyclin B Cyclin A Ki-67
OPNc nucl.int.
Pearson correlation 0.086 0.008 0.071 0.23 0.057 0.091 0.098 0.016
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.109 0.889 0.194 0 0.286 0.087 0.066 0.773
N
349
350
340
346
354
351
349
346
OPNc cyt.int.
Pearson correlation −0.036 −0.124 −0.018 0.17 −0.008 0.094 0.03 −0.006
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.509 0.021 0.737 0.001 0.886 0.079 0.579 0.912
N
348
349
339
345
353
350
348
345
Ki-67
Pearson correlation 0.362 0.404 0.159 −0.185 0.467 0.602 0.674
Sig. (two-tailed) 0 0 0.004 0.001 0 0 0
N
339
340
334
340
344
341
345

Cyclin A
Pearson correlation 0.382 0.425 0.27 −0.139 0.518 0.69
Sig. (two-tailed) 0 0 0 0.01 0 0
N
342
343
335
341
347
344


Cyclin B
Pearson correlation 0.284 0.383 0.244 −0.107 0.526
Sig. (two-tailed) 0 0 0 0.049 0
N
342
343
336
341
350



Cyclin E
Pearson correlation 0.289 0.391 0.184 −0.121
Sig. (two-tailed) 0 0 0.001 0.025
N
346
347
339
343




Cyclin D
Pearson correlation −0.268 −0.406 0.03
Sig. (two-tailed) 0 0 0.582
N
338
339
330





Her2 status
Pearson correlation 0.23 0.236
Sig. (two-tailed) 0 0
N
333
334






ER status
Pearson correlation 0.585
Sig. (two-tailed) 0
N 349

Abbreviations: Cyt.int.=cytosolic intensity; Cyt.per.=cytosolic per cent positivity; ER=oestrogen receptor; Her2=human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; Nucl.int.=nuclear intensity; Nucl.per.=nuclear per cent positivity; OPNc=Osteopontin-c; PR=progesterone receptor; sig=significance.

Correlations are displayed between the immunohistochemistry scores for Osteopontin-c or Osteopontin–exon 4 and molecular or clinical readouts. For each pairwise comparison, the Pearson correlation coefficient, the significance according to a two-tailed test and the number (N) of patients analysed are shown. Tumor size was measured as the longest diameter, Ki-67 and cyclin A were assessed as the maximum value of all punches in per cent. Underline=P-values<0.05; bold=moderate correlation.