Table 1

Relation between tetranectin expression and conventional clinical or tumour parameters

Characteristics	Patients (N)	Tetranectin expression				p Value
		Low		High
		N	%	N	%
The χ² test was used to calculate the p values. Unknown cases were excluded from the p value calculation.
NE, not evaluable.
Age at diagnosis
<50	83	29	35	54	65	0.262
⩾50	106	29	27	77	73
Histological type
Ductal	132	34	26	98	74	0.039
Lobular	38	14	37	24	63
Other types	19	10	53	9	47
Histological grade
I	10	4	40	6	60	0.772
II	114	34	30	80	70
III	59	17	29	42	71
NE	6
Nodal status
pN0	88	29	33	59	67	0.528
pN1/2/3	101	29	29	72	71
Tumour size
<2 cm	71	21	30	50	70	0.585
2–5 cm	92	27	29	65	71
>5 cm	8	1	12	7	88
Unknown	18
Oestrogen receptor (ER)
ER neg: 0–9 fmol	37	13	35	24	65	0.322
ER pos: >9 fmol	127	34	27	93	73
Unknown	25
Progesterone receptor (PR)
PR neg: 0–9 fmol	54	12	22	42	78	0.202
PR pos: >9 fmol	110	35	32	75	68
Unknown	25