Table 1.

Tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase 1, matrix metalloproteinase 9 and matrix metalloproteinase 2 mean expression fold change in breast cancer patients with and without axillary lymph nodes involvement

Gene	Mean±SD		Fold-change	P
	Sample with axillary lymph nodes involvement	Sample without axillary lymph nodes involvement
TIMP1	61,744.39±348,962.40	793.52±1372.21	77.8	0.003
MMP9	133,615.82±1,026,051.72	191,607.52±1,471,311.09	0.70	0.08
MMP2	2070.45±11,929.17	2118.35±11,974.40	0.98	0.61

P<0.05 have considerate as significant. TIMP1=Tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase 1, MMP=Matrix metalloproteinase, SD=Standard deviation