The Clinical Significance of PR, ER, NF-κB, and TNF-α in Breast Cancer

Table 3

The relationship between PR/ER and TNF-α/NF-κB expression (𝑛=112).

Receptors		TNF-𝛼 expression		𝜒^2	𝑃 value	NF-κB		𝜒^2	𝑃 value
		+	−			+	−
PR	+	62	13	5.694	0.0170	74	1	36.56	<0.0001
	−	23	14			20	17
ER	+	70	15	8.043	0.0046	80	5	27.14	<0.0001
	−	15	12			14	13

PR: progesterone receptor; ER: estrogen receptor; NF-κB: nuclear factor-κB; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α.