Table 2.

Correlation between PLA2G16 expression and clinicopathological features in 130 breast cancer patients

Clinicopathological features	Group	No. of patients, N = 130 (%)	p value
Age (years)	< 50	72 (55.4)
	≥ 50	58 (44.6)	p = 0.255
Tumor size (cm)	< 3	67 (51.5)
	≥ 3	63 (48.5)	p = 0.078
TNM stage	I–II	70 (53.8)
	III–IV	60 (46.2)	p = 0.004**
Histology grade	I	28 (21.5)
	II–III	102 (78.5)	p = 0.026*
Lymph node metastasis	No	54 (41.5)
	Yes	76 (58.5)	p = 0.039*
Recurrence	No	98 (75.4)
	Yes	32 (24.6)	p = 0.005**

Differences between experimental groups were analyzed by Mann–Whitney test. Data represent mean ± SD (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01)