Table 2.

The relationship between expression of EpCAM, Slug, Twist1, ZEB1 and VM and clinicopathogical characteristics of TNBC

Variable	EpCAM expression		P	Slug expression		P	Twist1 expression		P	ZEB1 expression		P	VM expression		P
	Positive	Negative		Positive	Negative		Positive	Negative		Positive	Negative		Positive	Negative
Age at diagnosis, years
≤ 50	36	25	0.383	17	44	0.332	23	38	0.76	11	50	0.557	22	39	0.201
> 50	51	26		16	61		31	46		17	60		20	57
Menopausal status
Premenopausal	34	16	0.363	11	39	0.691	20	30	0.875	10	40	0.949	15	35	0.933
Postmenopausal	53	35		22	66		34	54		18	70		27	61
Tumor size, cm
≤ 2	29	14	0.536	12	33	0.814	18	27	0.878	9	36	0.375	16	27	0.401
2-5	50	34		19	63		31	51		15	67		22	62
> 5	8	3		2	9		5	6		4	7		4	7
Histological grade
I	2	1	0.510	1	2	0.796	0	3	0.284	1	2	0.203	0	3	0.007
II	67	35		23	79		39	63		17	85		25	77
III	18	15		9	24		15	18		10	23		17	16
Lymph node metastasis
Positive	35	6	< 0.001	17	25	0.007	20	21	0.131	14	27	0.009	23	18	< 0.001
Negative	52	45		16	80		34	63		14	83		19	78
Distant metastasis
Positive	14	1	0.01	7	8	0.029	9	6	0.079	7	8	0.007	13	2	< 0.001
Negative	73	50		26	97		45	78		21	102		29	94