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. 2016 Feb 11;114(5):545–553. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.18

Table 1. Characteristics of breast tumours relative to Arpin mRNA.

  Prognosis status
Arpin status
  Total population (%) Metastases (%) P-valuea Arpin mRNA under expressed Arpin mRNA normally expressed P-valueb
Total 454 (100.0) 167 (36.8)   33 (7.3) 421 (92.7)  
Age (years)
⩽50 97 (21.4) 36 (21.6) 0.63 (NS) 9 (27.3) 88 (20.9) 0.39 (NS)
>50 357 (78.6) 131 (78.4)   24 (72.7) 333 (79.1)  
SBR histologic gradec,d
I 58 (13.0) 8 (4.9) 0.00011 1 (3.0) 57 (13.8) 0.014
II 228 (51.2) 83 (50.9)   13 (39.4) 215 (52.2)  
III 159 (35.7) 72 (44.2)   19 (57.6) 140 (34.0)  
Lymph node statuse
0 119 (26.3) 35 (21.0) 0.0000027 10 (30.3) 109 (26.0) 0.85 (NS)
1–3 237 (52.3) 77 (46.1)   16 (48.5) 221 (52.6)  
>3 97 (21.4) 55 (32.9)   7 (21.2) 90 (21.4)  
Macroscopic tumour sizef
⩽25 mm 222 (49.8) 62 (37.3) 0.000017 11 (33.3) 211 (51.1) 0.050
>25 mm 224 (50.2) 104 (62.7)   22 (66.7) 202 (48.9)  
ERα status
Negative 116 (25.6) 48 (28.7) 0.021 11 (33.3) 105 (24.9) 0.29 (NS)
Positive 338 (74.4) 119 (71.3)   22 (66.7) 316 (75.1)  
PR status
Negative 192 (42.3) 83 (49.7) 0.0024 19 (57.6) 173 (41.1) 0.065 (NS)
Positive 262 (57.7) 84 (50.3)   14 (42.4) 248 (58.9)  
ERBB2 status
Negative 357 (78.6) 127 (76.0) 0.17 (NS) 28 (84.8) 329 (78.1) 0.37 (NS)
Positive 97 (21.4) 40 (24.0)   5 (15.2) 92 (21.9)  
Molecular subtypes
HR− ERBB2- 68 (15.0) 26 (15.6) 0.032 8 (24.2) 60 (14.3) 0.38 (NS)
HR− ERBB2+ 43 (9.5) 21 (12.6)   3 (9.1) 40 (9.5)  
HR+ ERBB2- 289 (63.7) 101 (60.5)   20 (60.6) 269 (63.9)  
HR+ ERBB2+ 54 (11.9) 19 (11.4)   2 (6.1) 52 (12.4)  
a

Abbreviations: NS=not significant; SBR=Scarff Bloom Richardson. Log-rank test. P⩽0.05 are shown in bold.

b

χ2 test.

c

SBR classification.

d

Information available for 445 patients.

e

Information available for 453 patients.

f

Information available for 446 patients.