Research Article

Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 2 Is Associated with Disease Progression and Poor Prognosis in Breast Cancer

Table 2

The association of serum sFRP2 levels with clinicopathological characteristics in breast cancer patients.

CharacteristicsNumbersFRP2 (, ng/mL)

Patient group274<0.0001
Control group147
Age (years)
 ≤451310.2415
 >45143
Menopausal status
 Premenopausal1660.1815
 Postmenopausal108
Tumor size (cm)
 ≤2790.0118
 >2173
Histology
 IDC2130.8597
 DCIS59
TNM stage
 I+II970.0023
 III155
Lymph node metastases
 Negative133<0.0001
 Positive136
ER
 Negative970.1572
 Positive172
PR
 Negative1200.5532
 Positive149
HER2
 Negative1980.3460
 Positive71
Ki67
 ≤14%1050.0253
 >14%164