Research Article

Expression and Correlation of Cell-Free cIAP-1 and cIAP-2 mRNA in Breast Cancer Patients: A Study from India

Table 3

Association of clinicopathological features with cIAP-1 mRNA expression in breast cancer patients.

VariablescIAP-1 mRNA expression
Mean ± SD value

Overall expression13.50 ± 8.07
Age
 <4513.31 ± 8.690.66
 >4513.59 ± 7.83
TNM stage
 Stage I9.54 ± 2.910.004
 Stage II11.80 ± 8.50
 Stage III15.19 ± 8.16
 Stage IV16.83 ± 5.17
Distant metastases
 Yes16.83 ± 5.170.008
 No12.92 ± 8.37
Lymph node involvement
 Yes13.70 ± 8.720.98
 No13.27 ± 733
Menopause
 Yes13.24 ± 7.240.94
 No13.93 ± 8.81
ER expression
 Yes14.83 ± 9.180.28
 No12.58 ± 7.14
PR expression
 Yes19.57 ± 8.39<0.0001
 No10.09 ± 5.52
HER2 expression
 Yes17.16 ± 7.80<0.0001
 No9.37 ± 6.22
Smoking
 Yes21.50 ± 7.58<0.0001
 No10.39 ± 5.83
Alcoholism
 Yes23.14 ± 6.33<0.0001
 No8.96 ± 3.54