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. 2022 May 13;12:880419. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.880419

Table 3.

The relationships of NRI with pathological parameters.

Parameter Level Overall Low NRI High NRI p
n 202 75 127
TLN (%) ≤28 98 (48.5) 27 (36.0) 71 (55.9) 0.010*
>28 104 (51.5) 48 (64.0) 56 (44.1)
PLN (%) ≤6 101 (50.0) 31 (41.3) 70 (55.1) 0.081
>6 101 (50.0) 44 (58.7) 57 (44.9)
HER2 (%) Negative 189 (93.6) 66 (88.0) 123 (96.9) 0.029*
Positive 13 (6.4) 9 (12.0) 4 (3.1)
CK (%) Negative 25 (12.4) 8 (10.7) 17 (13.4) 0.729
Positive 177 (87.6) 67 (89.3) 110 (86.6)
Vimentin (%) Negative 189 (93.6) 71 (94.7) 118 (92.9) 0.846
Positive 13 (6.4) 4 (5.3) 9 (7.1)
VEGF (%) Negative 171 (84.7) 62 (82.7) 109 (85.8) 0.689
Positive 31 (15.3) 13 (17.3) 18 (14.2)
CD56 (%) Negative 201 (99.5) 75 (100.0) 126 (99.2) 1.000
Positive 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.8)
CD31 (%) Negative 173 (85.6) 61 (81.3) 112 (88.2) 0.256
Positive 29 (14.4) 14 (18.7) 15 (11.8)
CD34 (%) Negative 110 (54.5) 42 (56.0) 68 (53.5) 0.847
Positive 92 (45.5) 33 (44.0) 59 (46.5)
D2-40 (%) Negative 127 (62.9) 44 (58.7) 83 (65.4) 0.424
Positive 75 (37.1) 31 (41.3) 44 (34.6)
S100 (%) Negative 32 (15.8) 8 (10.7) 24 (18.9) 0.177
Positive 170 (84.2) 67 (89.3) 103 (81.1)

TLN, total lymph nodes; PLN, positive lymph nodes; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor; CK, Cytokeratin; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; CD56, Cluster of Differentiation 56; CD31, Cluster of Differentiation 31; CD34, Cluster of Differentiation 34. * With statistical differences (P < 0.05).