Table 1.

Clinicopathological variables in the 134 BC patients

Variables	Number of patients (N=134)	FOXP4 protein expression		P-value
		Low (n=51)	High (n=83)
Age (years)
≥40	77	32	45	0.332
<40	57	19	38
Tumor size
Large (≥5 cm)	74	21	53	0.010
Small (<5 cm)	60	30	30
Pathological grade
I–II	65	31	34	0.026
III–IV	69	20	49
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	62	16	46	0.007
No	72	35	37

Abbreviation: BC, breast cancer.