Table 1.

The state of metastasis in lymph nodes

  Numberlymph nodes
PositiveAverage positive number
IMPC6455(85.9%)a13.25c
≥25%55 (100.0%) b8.8
IDC5730(52.6%)ab5.72c
tumor size<2.0cm
IMPC1510 (66.7%) d10.4e
IDC144(28.6%) d4.8e
  • a χ2~16.0 P<0.0001

  • b χ2 = 4.20 P<0.05

  • c t= 12.44 P<0.001

  • d χ2=4.06 P<0.05

  • e t=2.06 P<0.05