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. 2017 Aug 22;117(8):1176–1184. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.261

Table 5. Association of nuclear ARHGAP18 expression and the expression of other biomarkers.

  ARHGAP18 nuclear expression
Significance
Parameter Low expression no. (%) High expression no. (%) χ2 P-value
ER
Negative 248 (91.5) 23 (8.5) 3.702 0.054
Positive 593 (87.1) 88 (12.9)    
PR
Negative 369 (90.7) 38 (9.3) 3.381 0.066
Positive 453 (86.8) 69 (13.2)    
HER2
Negative 683 (86.9) 103 (13.1) 11.433 0.003
Positive 127 (96.9) 4 (3.1)    
Molecular subtypes
Luminal 528 (86.0) 86 (14.0) 13.522 0.001
HER2+ 127 (96.9) 4 (3.1)    
Triple negative 169 (90.4) 18 (9.6)    
p53
Negative 567 (88.3) 75 (11.7) 0.032 0.859
Positive 244 (88.7) 31 (11.3)    
Ki67
Low 179 (82.1) 39 (17.9) 10.599 0.001
High 481 (90.6) 50 (9.4)    
E-cadherin
Negative 299 (90.6) 31 (9.4) 1.784 0.182
Positive 491 (87.7) 69 (12.3)    
N-cadherin
Negative 156 (83.4) 31 (16.6) 10.828 0.002
Positive 470 (92.0) 41 (8.0)    
TGF-β1
Negative 296 (86.0) 48 (14.0) 6.870 0.011
Positive 273(92.5) 22 (7.5)    
PIK3CA
Negative 126 (77.3) 37 (22.7) 24.932 <0.001
Positive 519 (91.5) 48 (8.5)    
CTEN
Negative 29 (74.4) 10 (25.6) 8.836 0.007
Positive 620 (89.7) 71 (10.3)    

Abbreviations: ER=oestrogen receptor; HER2=human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; PR=progesterone receptors.