Table 5 Contingency table of hypoxia-induced factors and clinicopathological parameters in familial breast cancer

From: BRCA1 tumours correlate with a HIF-1α phenotype and have a poor prognosis through modulation of hydroxylase enzyme profile expression

 

HIF-1α

Cytoplasmic PHD1

Cytoplasmic PHD2

Cytoplasmic PHD3

VEGF

Cytoplasmic FIH

Nuclear FIH

 

Neg (%)

Pos (%)

Neg (%)

Pos (%)

Neg (%)

Pos (%)

Neg (%)

Pos (%)

Neg (%)

Pos (%)

Neg (%)

Pos (%)

Neg (%)

Pos (%)

Size (mm)

 <20

31 (61%)

33 (61%)

26 (67%)

13 (36%)

9(60%)

57 (59%)

30 (73%)

40 (53%)

13 (81%)

56 (59%)

34 (67%)

29 (50)

43 (59%)

21 (61%)

20

20 (39%)

21 (39%)

13 (33%)

23 (64%)

6 (40%)

40 (41%)

11 (27%)

35 (47%)

3 (19%)

26 (39%)

17 (33%)

29 (50)

30 (41%)

11 (34%)

P-value

 

0.973

 

0.008

 

0.928

 

0.037

 

0.089

 

0.079

 

0.516

Grade

 1/2

23 (48%)

11 (22%)

9 (25%)

13 (41%)

4 (31%)

32 (36%)

9 (24%)

28 (41%)

3 (25%)

32 (36%)

10 (22%)

22 (41.5)

20 (31%)

13 (42%)

 3

25 (52%)

38 (78%)

27 (75%)

19 (59%)

9 (69%)

58 (64%)

28 (76%)

41 (595)

9 (75%)

57 (64%)

36 (78%)

31 (58.5)

45 (69%)

18 (58%)

P-value

 

0.009

 

0.169

 

0.735

 

0.094

 

0.454

 

0.036

 

0.281

ER

 Neg

14 (26%)

31 (62%)

20 (54%)

12 (35%)

6 (55%)

40 (41%)

22 (58%)

27 (37%)

6 (38%)

38 (43%)

27 (55%)

19 (33.9)

36 (53%)

10 (29%)

 Pos

39 (74%)

19 (38%)

17 (46%)

22 (65%)

5 (45%)

57 (59%)

16 (42%)

46 (63%)

10 (62%)

51 (57%)

22 (45%)

37 (66.1)

32 (47%)

24 (71%)

P-value

 

0.001

 

0.112

 

0.398

 

0.035

 

0.698

 

0.029

 

0.024

Lymph nodes

 Neg

38 (66%)

46 (84%)

35 (83%)

25 (66%)

10 (67%)

81 (76%)

37 (82%)

55 (69%)

44 (80%)

16 (89%)

73 (72%)

44 (71.0)

55 (72%)

30 (82%)

 Pos

20 (35%)

9 (16%)

7 (17%)

13 (34%)

5 (33%)

25 (24%)

8 (18%)

25 (31%)

11 (20%)

2 (11%)

28 (28%)

18 (29.0)

21 (28%)

7 (19%)

P-value

 

0.028

 

0.070

 

0.413

 

0.101

 

0.135

 

0.344

 

0.314

  1. Abbreviations: ER=estrogen receptor; Neg=negative; Pos=positive.