Table 3 Correlation between clinicopathological features and the protein expression of G6PD and PKM2 in patients with breast carcinoma

Mean age (n)

0.111

0.891

 ≤0 years

10

4

2

12

 >60 years

2

4

1

5

Lymph node metastasis (n)

0.763

0.001

 0

2

2

3

1

 ≤3

4

3

0

9

 >3

6

3

0

7

Molecular subtypes (n)

0.444

0.948

 Luminal A

5

2

1

6

 Luminal B

7

6

2

11

Tumor staging (n)

0.058

0.277

 I

0

3

1

2

 II

7

2

2

7

 III

5

3

0

8

Tumor size (n)

0.070

0.306

 ≤2 cm

5

7

1

11

 >2 cm

7

1

2

6

Pathological classification (n)

0.224

0.531

 IDC stage I

2

0

0

2

 IDC stage II

10

8

3

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