Table 3 Ghrelin and obestatin expression in male breast cancer in relation to clinicopathological variables.

From: Ghrelin expression is associated with a favorable outcome in male breast cancer

Ghrelin

ρ

p-value

n (%)

Tumor size

0.04

0.58

175 (93)

Node status

0.04

0.66

158 (84)

Age

0.06

0.40

188 (99)

ER

0.20

0.007

186 (98)

PgR

0.15

0.05

186 (98)

HER2

−0.09

0.23

184 (97)

NHG

0.12

0.11

184 (97)

Ki67

−0.09

0.23

185 (98)

Obestatin

Tumor size

0.04

0.62

172 (92)

Node status

0.03

0.74

155 (83)

Age

−0.05

0.54

185 (99)

ER

0.11

0.15

184 (99)

PgR

−0.25

0.001

184 (99)

HER2

0.06

0.38

182 (98)

NHG

0.05

0.55

181 (97)

Ki67

−0.12

0.1

183 (98)

Ghrelin

0.34

0.000

186 (100)

  1. ER, estrogen receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; NHG, Nottingham histological grade; PgR, progesterone receptor; ρ, Spearman’s correlation test coefficient.