Table 2 Correlation between the expression of CYP24A1 and the clinicopathologic characteristics in breast cancer.

From: Low CYP24A1 mRNA expression and its role in prognosis of breast cancer

Clinical characteristics

Variable

Number

CYP24A1 mRNA

χ2

P value

High n (%)

Low n (%)

Age

<60

589

394 (60.99)

195 (42.76)

35.6946

0.0005

≥60

513

252 (39.01)

261 (57.24)

  

Gender

Female

1090

643 (99.54)

447 (98.03)

5.6535

0.0175

Male

12

3 (0.46)

9 (1.97)

  

Histological type

Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma

790

448 (69.46)

342 (75)

6.7469

0.034

Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma

204

136 (21.09)

68 (14.91)

  

Other

107

61 (9.46)

46 (10.09)

  

Molecular subtype

Basal

142

119 (24.64)

23 (6.28)

99.1391

0.0005

Her2

67

25 (5.18)

42 (11.48)

  

LumA

422

255 (52.8)

167 (45.63)

  

LumB

194

66 (13.66)

128 (34.97)

  

Normal

24

18 (3.73)

6 (1.64)

  

ER

Indeterminate

2

0 (0)

2 (0.46)

22.9524

0.0005

Negative

239

170 (27.6)

69 (15.75)

  

Positive

813

446 (72.4)

367 (83.79)

  

PR

Indeterminate

4

2 (0.33)

2 (0.46)

3.8

0.1169

Negative

345

216 (35.12)

129 (29.45)

  

Positive

704

397 (64.55)

307 (70.09)

  

HER2

Equivocal

180

100 (18.59)

80 (20.89)

24.8705

0.0005

Indeterminate

12

5 (0.93)

7 (1.83)

  

Negative

565

362 (67.29)

203 (53)

  

Positive

164

71 (13.2)

93 (24.28)

  

Menopause status

Inde

34

23 (3.91)

11 (2.6)

15.7947

0.0005

Peri

40

27 (4.59)

13 (3.07)

  

Post

706

382 (64.97)

324 (76.6)

  

Pre

231

156 (26.53)

75 (17.73)

  

T classification

T1

281

179 (27.71)

102 (22.37)

5.2863

0.2354

T2

640

363 (56.19)

277 (60.75)

  

T3

138

82 (12.69)

56 (12.28)

  

T4

40

20 (3.1)

20 (4.39)

  

TX

3

2 (0.31)

1 (0.22)

  

N classification

N0

516

310 (47.99)

206 (45.18)

13.4385

0.0085

N1

367

226 (34.98)

141 (30.92)

  

N2

120

67 (10.37)

53 (11.62)

  

N3

79

37 (5.73)

42 (9.21)

  

NX

20

6 (0.93)

14 (3.07)

  

M classification

M0

917

536 (82.97)

381 (83.55)

2.0835

0.3573

M1

22

10 (1.55)

12 (2.63)

  

MX

163

100 (15.48)

63 (13.82)

  

Stage

I

182

117 (18.22)

65 (14.38)

6.4159

0.1599

II

626

372 (57.94)

254 (56.19)

  

III

252

137 (21.34)

115 (25.44)

  

IV

20

9 (1.4)

11 (2.43)

  

X

14

7 (1.09)

7 (1.55)

  

Lymph node status

NO

28

13 (3.02)

15 (5.08)

2.0026

0.1699

YES

697

417 (96.98)

280 (94.92)

  

Margin status

Close

31

20 (3.31)

11 (2.58)

2.6135

0.2599

Negative

922

545 (90.08)

377 (88.29)

  

Positive

79

40 (6.61)

39 (9.13)

  

Vital status

Deceased

155

69 (10.68)

86 (18.86)

14.7927

0.0005

Living

947

577 (89.32)

370 (81.14)

  

Radiation therapy

NO

445

253 (42.59)

192 (47.06)

1.9543

0.1864

YES

557

341 (57.41)

216 (52.94)

  

Neoadjuvant treatment

NO

1088

641 (99.38)

447 (98.03)

4.1944

0.045

YES

13

4 (0.62)

9 (1.97)

  

Targeted molecular therapy

NO

46

24 (7.02)

22 (9.28)

0.9821

0.3538

YES

533

318 (92.98)

215 (90.72)

  

Sample type

Metastatic

7

4 (0.62)

3 (0.66)

0.0062

1

Primary Tumor

1097

643 (99.38)

454 (99.34)

  

Overall survival

NO

933

568 (89.31)

365 (80.93)

15.2275

0.001

YES

154

68 (10.69)

86 (19.07)

  

Recurrence-free survival

NO

816

509 (92.21)

307 (85.28)

11.1183

0.0005

YES

96

43 (7.79)

53 (14.72)

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