Research Article

Prognostic Significance of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 in Breast Cancer

Table 4

Clinicopathologic features of the patients included in the TMA analysis.

Univariate analysis
Recurrence Death
HR 𝑃 HR 𝑃

Number of patients145
Age at diagnosis
 Median 52 years
 Range26–89 years
Recurrence
 Events78 (54%)
Death
 Events61 (42%)
ER status
 Positive 90 (62%) 1.41 (0.89–2.24)0.141.89 (1.13–3.14)0.01
 Negative55 (48%)
HER2 status
 Amplified 25 (18%) 0.99 (0.56–1.77)0.980.7 (0.34–1.42)0.32
 Non-amplified117 (82%)
Grade
 3 103 (71%) 1.39 (0.83–2.33)0.221.52 (0.84–2.77)0.17
 1-242 (29%)
Stage
 I 31 (21%) 0.99 (0.55–1.80)0.981.34 (0.64–2.83)0.44
 IIA/IIB 102 (70%)
  IIIA/IIIB12 (9%)
Cytoplasmic
TIMP-1 score
 Low (0, 1+, 2+) 51 (35%) 1.02 (0.65–1.62)0.921.41 (0.83–2.42)0.21
 High (3+)94 (65%)