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. 2024 Sep 13;19:120. doi: 10.1186/s13014-024-02510-w

Table 1.

Clinical data characteristics of 908 patients after mastectomy before and after PSM

Variable Pre PSM After PSM
N=908 RT
N=583(%)
NRT
N=325(%)
χ2 value P value N=596 RT
N=298(%)
NRT
N=298(%)
χ2 value P value
Age, y 13.025 <0.001 0.883 0.347
 ≤40 119 94(79.0) 25(21.0) 44 19(43.2) 25(56.8)
 >40 789 489(62.0) 300(38.0) 552 279(50.5) 273(49.5)
Tumor location 0.099 0.753 0.275 0.600
 Outer 615 397(64.6) 218(35.4) 402 204(50.7) 198(49.3)
 Inner /central 293 186(63.5) 107(36.5) 194 94(48.5) 100(51.5)
Histological grade 10.830 0.013 1.367 0713
 I 18 11(61.1) 7(38.9) 13 6(46.2) 7(53.8)
 II 447 273(61.1) 174(38.9) 300 150(50.0) 150(50.0)
 III 276 199(72.1) 77(27.9) 164 87(53.0) 77(47.0)
 Unknown 167 100(59.9) 67(40.1) 119 55(46.2) 64(53.8)
LVI 11.226 0.001 0.065 0.798
 No 537 321(59.8) 216(40.2) 381 192(50.4) 189(49.6)
 Yes 371 262(70.6) 109(29.4) 215 106(49.3) 109(50.7)
Ki-67,% 5.262 0.022 <0.001 1.000
 ≤30 465 282(60.6) 183(39.4) 312 156(50.0) 156(50.0)
 >30 443 301(67.9) 142(32.1) 284 142(50.0) 142(50.0)
NRN 2.028 0.154 1.170 0.279
 <10 23 18(78.3) 5(21.7) 14 9(64.3) 5(35.7)
 ≥10 885 565(63.8) 320(36.2) 582 289(49.7) 293(50.3)
LNM 65.787 <0.001 0.910 0.634
 1 427 219(51.3) 208(48.7) 351 170(48.4) 181(51.6)
 2 297 211(71.0) 86(29.0) 182 96(52.7) 86(47.3)
 3 184 153(83.2) 31(16.8) 63 32(50.8) 31(49.2)
ER/PR status 4.409 0.036 0.885 0.347
 Positive 726 454(62.5) 272(37.5) 483 237(49.1) 246(50.9)
 Negative 182 129(70.9) 53(29.1) 113 61(54.0) 52(46.0)

HER-2

status

13.878 0.001 3.216 0.200
 Negative 558 350(62.7) 208(37.3) 373 179(48.0) 194(52.0)
 Positive 244 177(72.5) 67(27.5) 151 85(56.3) 66(43.7)
 Unknown 106 56(52.8) 50(47.2) 72 34(47.2) 38(52.8)
stagea 0.079 0.778 0.007 0.935
 T1 419 267(63.7) 152(36.3) 275 137(49.8) 138(50.2)
 T2 489 316(64.6) 173(35.4) 321 161(50.2) 160(49.8)

Abbreviations aOnly including T stage; PSM: propensity score matching; RT: radiotherapy; NRT: non-radiotherapy; LVI: lymphovascular invasion; NRN: number of removed nodes; LNM: lymph node metastasis; ER/PR status: Estrogen Receptor/Progesterone Receptor; HER-2

Status: Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2