Research Article
CD44 Variant Exon 6 Isoform Expression as a Potential Predictor of Lymph Node Metastasis in Invasive Breast Carcinoma of No Special Type
Table 2
The results of bivariate analysis on several variables for LNM in IBC-NST.
| Variables | Category | Lymph node metastasis | value | OR | 95% CI | Yes (%) | No (%) | Total | Min | Max |
| Age | ≥50 y.o. | 14 (51.9%) | 13 (48.1%) | 27 | 1 | 1.19 | 0.38 | 3.71 | <50 y.o. | 10 (47.6%) | 11 (52.4%) | 21 | Tumor grade | High | 15 (55.6%) | 12 (44.4%) | 27 | 0.56 | 1.67 | 0.53 | 5.265 | Low | 9 (42.9%) | 12 (57.1%) | 21 | Tumor size | >5 cm | 7 (38.9%) | 11 (61.1% | 18 | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0.148 | 1.602 | ≤5 cm | 17 (56.7%) | 13 (43.3%) | 30 | LVI | Yes | 18 (66.7%) | 9 (33.3%) | 27 | 0.02 | 5 | 1.45 | 17.27 | No | 6 (28.6%) | 15 (71.4%) | 21 | CD44v6 expression | High | 18 (75%) | 6 (25%) | 24 | 0.001 | 9 | 2.44 | 33.24 | Low | 6 (25%) | 18 (75%) | 24 |
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Bivariate analysis was performed using the chi-square test with continuity correlation. value less than 0.05 is considered statistically significant. |