Table 1.

Correlation between MAT2B expression and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with TNBC

Variables	n	MAT2B		p
		Low	High
Total	40	20	20
Age, years
≤52	28	12	16	0.168
>52	12	8	4
Tumour size (CM)
≤2.5	20	12	8	0.206
>2.5	20	8	12
T-stage
Tis/T1/T2	18	14	4	0.001**
T3/T4	22	6	16
N-stage
N0	24	15	9	0.053
N1	16	5	11
M-stage (TNM)
M0	26	17	9	0.008**
M1	14	3	11

Note: Significant values are in bold. **p<0.01.

Abbreviation: NM, tumour node metastasis.