Table 1.
Association between clinical characteristics of triple-negative breast cancer patients and KLK7 protein expression
| Clinical parameters | KLK7a | p |
|---|---|---|
| Low/high | ||
| Age (years) | 0.064 | |
| ≤ 50 | 33/17 | |
| > 50 | 66/17 | |
| Tumor size | 0.512 | |
| pT0+pT1 | 30/10 | |
| pT2+pT3+pT4 | 66/24 | |
| Nodal status | 0.142 | |
| pN0 | 50/22 | |
| pN+ | 46/12 | |
| Nuclear grade | 0.493 | |
| G2 | 8/2 | |
| G3 | 89/32 |
Chi-square test.
Dichotomized into low and high levels by the 75th percentile;
Due to missing values, numbers do not always add up to n = 133.