Table 1: Correlations of C4.4A, ALDH1*1 and vimentin expression levels with clinicopathological characteristics.

 

Characteristics

C4.4A

ALDH1

Vimentin

Positive

(n = 49)

Negative

(n = 42)

Positive

(n = 14)

Negative

(n = 77)

Positive

(n = 12)

Negative

(n = 79)

Menopausal status

Premenopausal

22 (61.1)*2

14 (38.9)

6 (16.7)

30 (83.3)

3 (8.3)

33 (91.7)

Postmenopausal

27 (49.1)

28 (50.9)

8 (14.5)

47 (85.5)

9 (16.4)

46 (83.6)

Histological type

Invasive ductal carcinoma

47 (55.3)

38 (44.7)

13 (15.3)

72 (84.7)

11 (12.9)

74 (87.1)

Others

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

Tumor size

 ≤ 2cm

37 (58.7)

26 (41.3)

6 (9.5)

57 (90.5)*3

7 (11.1)

56 (88.9)

 2 cm <

11 (40.7)

16 (59.3)

8 (29.6)

19 (70.4)

5 (18.5)

22 (81.5)

 Unknown

1 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (100)

0 (0)

1 (100)

Lymph node metastasis

 Negative

36 (52.9)

32 (47.1)

11 (16.2)

57 (83.8)

7 (10.3)

61 (89.7)

 Positive

13 (56.5)

10 (43.5)

3 (13.0)

20 (87.0)

5 (21.7)

18 (78.3)

Nuclear grade

1

26 (63.4)

15 (36.6)

5 (12.2)

36 (87.8)

1 (2.4)

40 (97.6)*4

2

10 (47.6)

11 (52.4)

3 (14.3)

18 (85.7)

2 (9.5)

19 (90.5)

3

13 (44.8)

16 (55.2)

6 (20.7)

23 (79.3)

9 (31.0)

20 (69.0)

Estrogen receptor

Positive

40 (59.7)

27 (40.3)

7 (10.4)

60 (89.6)*5

3 (4.5)

64 (95.5)*6

Negative

9 (37.5)

15 (62.5)

7 (29.2)

17 (70.8)

9 (37.5)

15 (62.5)

Progesterone receptor

Positive

35 (58.3)

25 (41.7)

6 (10.0)

54 (90.0)

3 (5.0)

57 (95.0)*7

Negative

14 (45.2)

17 (54.8)

8 (25.8)

23 (74.2)

9 (29.0)

22 (71.0)

HER2

Positive

15 (78.9)

4 (21.1)*8

6 (31.6)

13 (68.4)

3 (15.8)

16 (84.2)

Negative

34 (47.2)

38 (52.8)

8 (11.1)

64 (88.9)

9 (12.5)

63 (87.5)

Ki67

0-14%

19 (63.3)

11 (36.7)

2 (6.7)

28 (93.3)

2 (6.7)

28 (93.3)

15% ≤

17 (41.5)

24 (58.5)

6 (14.0)

35 (85.4)

6 (14.6)

35 (85.4)

Not determined

13 (65.0)

7 (35.0)

6 (30.0)

14 (70.0)

4 (20.0)

16 (80.0)

 

*1 aldehyde dehydrogenase 1, *2 ( %), *3 p  =  0.041, *4 p  =  0.0016, *5 p  =  0.046, *6 p  =  0.0002, *7 p  =  0.0025, *8 p  =  0.014