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. 2026 Mar 23;16:1785283. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2026.1785283

Table 1.

Comparison of clinicopathological variables by androgen receptor status.

Variable Level All (149) Negative AR (94, 63.3%) Positive AR (55, 36.7%) P*
N % N % N %
Age Mean 49.05 47.88 51.07 0.412
Median 49 47 51.5
SD 12.75323 13.33413 11.3984
BMI Mean 30.84 30.39 31.6 0.272
Median 30 30 31
SD 6.533152 6.675402 6.204601
Menopause Status Postmenopausal 70 46.98% 40 42.55% 30 54.55% 0.157
Premenopausal 79 53.02% 54 57.45% 25 45.45%
Comorbidities Yes 61 40.94% 43 45.74% 18 32.73% 0.119
No 88 59.06% 51 54.26% 37 67.27%
Family History of breast cancer Yes 51 34.23% 28 29.79% 23 41.82% 0.51
No 98 65.77% 66 70.21% 32 58.18%
Clinical Stage Ia 15 10.07% 10 10.64% 5 9.09% 0.412
IIa 45 30.20% 27 28.72% 18 32.73%
IIb 47 31.54% 29 30.85% 18 32.73%
IIIa 32 21.48% 20 21.28% 12 21.82%
IIIb 7 4.70% 7 7.45% 0 0.00%
IIIc 3 2.01% 1 1.06% 2 3.64%
Grade I 2 1.34% 0 0.00% 2 3.64% 0.224
II 28 18.79% 20 21.28% 8 14.55%
III 112 75.17% 70 74.47% 42 76.36%
NA 7 4.70% 4 4.26% 3 5.45%
Clinical T Stage T1 21 14.09% 14 14.89% 7 12.73% 0.156
T2 78 52.35% 47 50.00% 31 56.36%
T3 43 28.86% 26 27.66% 17 30.91%
T4 7 4.70% 7 7.45% 0 0.00%
Clinical N Stage N0 71 47.65% 45 47.87% 26 47.27% 0.679
N1 63 42.28% 41 43.62% 22 40.00%
N2 & N3 15 10.07% 8 8.51% 7 12.73%
Neoadjuvant CTx No 66 44.30% 43 45.74% 23 41.82% 0.585
Yes 83 55.70% 51 54.26% 32 58.18%
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (CTX) regimen AC + Taxotere 71 85.54% 45 88.24% 26 81.25% 0.553
AC 1 1.20% 0 0.00% 1 3.13%
Cyclophosphamide + Doxorubicin 2 2.41% 1 1.96% 1 3.13%
FEC + Paclitaxel 1 1.20% 1 1.96% 0 0.00%
Taxol 1 1.20% 1 1.96% 0 0.00%
NA 7 8.43% 3 5.88% 4 12.50%
Clinical Response post Neoadjuvant Complete 4 4.82% 3 5.88% 1 3.13% 0.936
Partial 53 63.86% 32 62.75% 21 65.63%
Progressing 14 16.87% 8 15.69% 6 18.75%
No response 5 6.02% 3 5.88% 2 6.25%
NA 7 8.43% 5 9.80% 2 6.25%
Pathological T Stage T0 9 6.04% 6 6.38% 3 5.45% 0.668
T1 50 33.56% 28 29.79% 22 40.00%
T2 28 18.79% 18 19.15% 10 18.18%
T3 & T4 59 39.60% 42 44.68% 17 23.64%
Tis 2 1.34% 0 0.00% 2 1.82%
Tx 1 0.67% 0 0.00% 1 1.82%
Pathological N Stage N0 73 48.99% 50 53.19% 23 40.00% 0.17
N1 32 21.48% 22 23.40% 10 18.18%
N2 32 21.48% 14 14.89% 18 20.00%
Nx 12 8.05% 8 8.51% 4 7.27%
For NACT group - Pathological Complete Response (pCR) Non-pCR 74.0 89.2% 46.0 90.2% 28.0 87.5% 0.7
pCR 9.0 10.8% 5.0 9.8% 4.0 12.5%
Surgery Type Breast Conservative surgery 68 45.64% 44 46.81% 24 43.64% 0.6
Mastectomy with or without Reconstruction 81 54.36% 50 53.19% 31 40.00%
Adjuvant CTx No 68 45.64% 46 48.94% 22 40.00% 0.223
Yes 81 54.36% 48 51.06% 33 60.00%
Radiotherapy treatment No 46 30.87% 31 32.98% 15 40.00% 0.467
Yes 103 69.13% 63 67.02% 40 60.00%
Non-surgical Treatment Chemotherapy alone 46 30.87% 31 32.98% 15 27.27% 0.607
Radiotherapy alone 7 4.70% 5 5.32% 2 3.64%
Chemoradiotherapy 96 64.43% 58 61.70% 38 69.09%

*, p-value for mean age and BMI was calculated by t-test and all the other p-values were calculated by χ2 test.