Table 1.

Associations of patient characteristics with the TLI status.

	All patients		Patients with TLI-low		Patients with TLI-high		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age							0.900
≤50 years	136	50.7	52	38.2	84	61.8
>50 years	132	49.3	52	39.4	80	60.6
Menopausal status							0.559
Premenopausal	105	39.5	38	36.2	67	63.8
Postmenopausal	161	60.5	64	39.8	97	60.2
Tumor							0.306
pT1	103	38.4	44	42.7	59	57.3
pT2+pT3+pT4	165	61.6	60	36.4	105	63.6
Node							0.448
pN0	114	42.5	41	36.0	73	64.0
pN(+)	154	57.5	63	40.9	91	59.1
Stage							0.596
I	54	20.1	18	33.3	36	66.7
II	138	51.5	54	39.1	84	60.9
III	76	28.4	32	42.1	44	57.9
Type of surgery							0.330
Breast conservation	86	32.1	37	43.0	49	57.0
Mastectomy	182	67.9	67	36.8	115	63.2
Radiation therapy							0.911
Yes	200	74.6	78	39.0	122	61.0
No	68	25.4	26	38.2	42	61.8
Hormonal Therapy							0.021
Yes	187	69.8	81	43.3	106	56.7
No	81	30.2	23	28.4	58	71.6
Chemotherapy							0.451
Yes	205	76.5	77	37.6	128	62.4
No	63	23.5	27	42.9	36	57.1