Table 4.

Association between ALG3 expression and other clinicopathologic

Features of breast cancer	No. of patients	ALG3 expression		p values
		Low expression	High expression
Age				0.920†
≤ 50	225	121	104
> 50	151	82	69
Stage (AJCC)				0.010#
I ~ II	188	114	74
III ~ IV	188	89	99
T				0.017#
T1 ~ T2	290	164	126
T3 ~ T4	86	39	47
N				0.028#
N0 ~ N2	205	123	82
N2 ~ N3	171	80	91
Histological grade				0.068#
1	108	69	39
2	179	88	91
3	89	46	43
ER				0.011†
Negative	169	79	90
Positive	207	124	83
Missing	0
PR				0.049†
Negative	124	58	66
Positive	252	145	107
Missing	0
HER2				0.205†
Negative	211	158	124
Positive	165	45	49
Missing	0
Ki67				0.001#
Low expressiona	281	161	120
High expressionb	88	42	46
Missing	7
Mutational p53				0.001#
Low expressiona	196	133	90
High expressionb	165	64	74
Missing	15
VEGF				0.167#
Low expressiona	302	165	147
High expressionb	64	38	26
Missing	10

†p -values and #p -values were calculated with the chi-square test and continuity correlation, respectively

^aLow expression represented -, +, ++ staining index in IHC examination

^bHigh expression represented +++, ++++ staining index in IHC examination