Table 1.

The relationship between the expression levels of PLIN family genes and clinicopathological features

Variables	No.	PLIN1		PLIN2		PLIN3		PLIN4		PLIN5
		mRNA	P value	mRNA	P value	mRNA	P value	mRNA	P value	mRNA	P value
ER
Positive	601	7.2	P<0.01	9.60	P<0.01	10.7	P = 0.67	8.22	P<0.01	6.98	P<0.01
Negative	179	5.18	(t = 7.071)	10.8	(t = -13.08)	10.7	(t = -0.4287)	6.73	(t = 5.888)	3.82	(t = 15.60)
PR
Positive	522	7.18	P<0.01	9.62	P<0.01	10.7	P = 0.39	8.21	P<0.01	7.12	P<0.01
Negative	255	5.64	(t = -5.412)	10.4	(t = 9.118)	10.7	(t = -0.8663)	7.42	(t = -4.946)	4.43	(t = -13.86)
HER2
Positive	114	5.75	P<0.01	10.0	P>0.05	10.7	P = 0.78	6.58	P<0.01	5.16	P<0.01
Negative	652	6.82	(t = 2.883)	9.79	(t = -1.951)	10.7	(t = -0.2747)	8.03	(t = 4.419)	6.45	(t = 4.456)
Molecular Subtypes
Luminal A	231	7.75	P<0.01	9.52	P<0.01	10.8	P<0.01	8.77	P<0.01	7.16	P<0.01
Luminal B	127	6.36	(f = 27.11)	9.59	(f = 49.40)	10.7	(f = 7.025)	7.76	(f = 20.20)	7.20	(f = 73.93)
HER2+	58	5.75		10.1		10.8		6.64		4.57
Basal-like	98	4.81		11.0		10.6		6.52		4.07
Tumor histology
IDC	882	6.92	P<0.01	10.0	P=0.052	10.9	P<0.01	8.21	P<0.01	6.47	P<0.01
ILC	210	9.29	(t = 9.181)	9.91	(t = -1.948)	10.7	(t = 4.812)	10.0	(t = 8.048)	7.94	(t = 10.73)
Nodal status
N0	385	6.45	P = 0.92	9.84	P = 0.03	10.7	P = 0.24	7.91	P = 0.64	6.27	P = 0.64
N+	406	6.71	(t = -0.0980)	9.72	(t = 2.144)	10.7	(t = -1.183)	7.88	(t = 0.4650)	6.15	(t = 0.4650)