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. 2018 Aug 13;7(8):59. doi: 10.1038/s41389-018-0069-z

Table 2.

Correlation of Notch3 or GATA-3 expression with clinicopathological status in 72 patients with breast cancer

Clinicopathologic features Notch3-(n = 29) Notch3+ (n = 43) P GATA-3- (n = 19) GATA-3+ (n = 53) P
Age at diagnosis 0.598 0.603
 <50 13(44.8%) 22(51.2%) 8(42.1%) 26(49.1%)
 ≥50 16(55.1%) 21(48.8%) 11(57.9%) 27(50.9%)
Menstrual conditions 0.35 0.303
 premenopausal 15(51.7%) 27(62.8%) 9(47.4%) 29(54.7%)
 postmenopausal 14(48.3%) 16(37.2%) 10(52.6%) 24(45.3%)
Tumor size (cm) 0.095 0.109
 <2 12(41.3%) 8(18.6%) 7(36.8%) 13(24.5%)
 ≥2, <5 11(37.9%) 25(58.1%) 11(57.9%) 25(47.2%)
 ≥5 6(20.7%) 10(23.3%) 1(5.7%) 15(28.3%)
LN metastasis 0.026* 0.021*
 0 13(44.8%) 29(67.4%) 9(47.4%) 33(62.3%)
 1–3 2(6.9%) 6(14.0%) 1(5.7%) 11(20.8%)
 ≥4 14(48.3%) 8(18.6%) 9(47.4%) 9(17.0%)
Histological grade 0.287 0.963
 I 3(10.3%) 9(20.9%) 3(15.8%) 9(17.0%)
 II 15(51.7%) 24(55.8%) 10(52.6%) 29(54.7%)
 III 11(37.9%) 10(23.6%) 6(31.6%) 15(28.3%)
Stage 0.411 0.111
 I–II 17(58.6%) 29(67.4%) 15(78.9%) 31(58.5%)
 III–IV 12(41.3%) 14(32.6%) 4(21.1%) 22(41.5%)
ER 0.027* 0.038*
 Positive 15(51.7%) 33(76.7%) 9(47.4%) 39(73.6%)
 Negative 14(48.3%) 10(23.6%) 10(52.6%) 14(26.4%)
PR 0.048* 0.027*
 Positive 13(44.8%) 29(67.4%) 7(36.8%) 35(66.0%)
 Negative 16(55.2%) 14(32.6%) 12(63.2%) 18(34.0%)
HER-2 0.552 0.64
 Positive 10(34.5%) 12(27.9%) 5(26.3%) 17(32.1%)
 Negative 19(65.5%) 31(72.1%) 14(73.7%) 36(67.9%)
Ki67 status 0.814 0.128
 <14% 17(58.6%) 24(55.8%) 8(42.1%) 33(62.3%)
 ≥14% 12(41.4%) 19 (44.2%) 11(57.9%) 20(37.7%)
Breast cancer subtypes 0.169 0.28
 Luminal A 9(31.0%) 25(58.1%) 7(36.8%) 27(50.9%)
 Luminal B/HER-2 Neg 4(13.8%) 4(9.3%) 1 (5.7%) 7(13.2%)
 Luminal B/HER-2 Pos 2(6.9%) 4(9.3%) 1 (5.7%) 5(9.4%)
 HER-2 5(17.2%) 4(9.3%) 3(15.8%) 6(11.3%)
 TNBC 9(31.0%) 6(14.0%) 7(36.8%) 8(15.1%)

LN lymph node, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, HER-2 human epidermal growth factor receptor-2

*P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant