Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the patients.

	Overall (n = 617)	BCL2 low (n = 97)	BCL2 high (n = 520)	p value
Mean age ± deviation, yr	54.8 ± 11.22	52.86 ± 11.62	55.15 ± 11.12	0.65
Mean tumor size ± standard deviation, cm	2.17 ± 1.49	2.09 ± 1.21	2.19 ± 1.53	0.58
Nodal disease (n, %)				0.054
Negative	432(70)	76(78.4)	356(68.5)
Positive	185(30)	21(21.6%)	164(31.5)
ER (n, %)				0.012
Positive	425(68.9)	56(57.7)	369(71.0)
Negative	192(31.1)	41(42.3)	151(29.0)
PR (n, %)				0.573
Positive	368(59.6)	42(43.4)	207(39.8)
Negative	249(40.4)	55(56.7)	313(60.2)
HER2 (n, %)				< 0.001
Negative	458(74.2)	55(56.7)	403(77.5)
Positive	158(25.6)	42(43.3)	116(22.3)
Missing	1(0.2)	0	1(0.2)