Table 3

Correlation betweeen HMGCoAR expression and clinicopathological parameters in oestrogen receptor (ER) positive and ER-negative tumours.

ER-positive

ER-negative


HMG-CoAR intensity

0

1–3

0

1–3

n (%)

88 (23)

294 (77)

p value

22 (38)

36 (62)

p value


Age (years)

Median

66

65

57

59

Range

28–89

35–96

0.43

27–81

34–90

0.38

≤50

15 (17)

45 (15)

7 (32)

8 (27)

>50

73 (83)

249 (85)

0.69

15 (68)

28 (73)

0.42

Tumour size

Median

20

15

22

17

Range

1 to 100

1 to 100

<0.001

12 to 55

1 to 100

0.10

≥20 mm

48 (55)

147 (60)

9 (41)

19 (53)

>20 mm

40 (45)

97 (40)

0.03

13 (59)

17 (47)

0.38

NHG

I

11 (13)

95 (32)

0

1 (3)

II

40 (45)

126 (43)

5 (23)

9 (25)

III

37 (42)

72 (25)

<0.001

17 (77)

26 (72)

0.56

Node status

Negative

48 (59)

167 (64)

19 (90)

11 (36)

Positive

33 (41)

95 (36)

0.47

2 (10)

19 (63)

<0.001

Unknown

7

32

1

6

Tamoxifen

No

41 (55)

133 (60)

8 (50)

12 (44)

Yes

33 (45)

87 (40)

0.45

8 (50)

15 (56)

0.73

Unknown

14

74

6

6

Chemotherapy

No

67 (91)

214 (96)

14 (88)

23 (85)

Yes

7 (9)

8 (4)

0.05

2 (12)

4 (15)

0.84

Unknown

14

72

6

6

HER2 IHC

0

59 (71)

144 (51)

17 (81)

12 (34)

1

13 (16)

85 (30)

0

5 (14)

2

6 (7)

35 (12)

0

1 (3)

3

5 (6)

19 (7)

0.02

4 (19)

17 (49)

0.007

Unknown

5

11

1

1

HER2 IHC

0 to 2

78 (94)

264 (93)

17 (80)

18 (51)

3

5 (6)

19 (7)

0.82

4 (20)

17 (49)

0.02

Unknown

5

11

1

1

Ki67

0 to 10%

27 (32)

116 (42)

1 (5)

4 (12)

11 to 25%

32 (38)

101 (37)

3 (15)

7 (21)

>25%

25 (30)

58 (21)

0.05

16 (80)

23 (68)

0.30

Unknown

4

19

2

1


ER = oestrogen receptor; HER2 = human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; IHC = immunohistochemistry; NHG = Nottingham histological grade.

10% cut-off used for determination of hormone receptor status. Mann-Whitney test for comparison of medians and chi-squared test for X × 2 tables. The categories marked as not done and unknown were not included in the analysis.

Borgquist et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R79   doi:10.1186/bcr2146

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