Table 1.

Association of YAP or β-catenin expression with clinical pathologic characteristics in breast cancer specimens.

Variable	No.	YAP expression			β-catenin expression
		Low	High	P value a	Low	High	P value a
Age(years)
≤50	43	25	18	0.362	14	29	0.971
>50	69	46	23		22	47
Tumor size
≤2 cm	44	22	22	0.018	14	30	0.953
>2 cm	68	49	19		22	46
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	61	44	17	0.036	25	36	0.028
Positive	51	27	24		11	40
Histological grade
I–II	75	49	26	0.544	29	46	0.035
III	37	22	15		7	30
TNM stage
I–II	72	50	22	0.074	28	44	0.040
III–IV	40	21	19		8	32
ER status
Negative	42	26	16	0.800	15	27	0.531
Positive	70	45	25		21	49
PR status
Negative	61	41	20	0.359	18	43	0.514
Positive	51	30	21		18	33
HER2 status
Negative	91	57	34	0.730	28	63	0.517
Positive	21	14	7		8	13
Molecular subtype
HR+	73	47	26	0.950	22	51	0.740
HER2+	10	6	4		3	7
TNBC	29	18	11		11	18

^aThe Pearson’s chi-square test was used for statistical analyses. P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.