Table 2.

Associations of tumor characteristics with the TLI status.

	All patients		Patients with TLI-low		Patients with TLI-high		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Histologic type							0.556
Invasive ductal	182	67.9	72	39.6	110	60.4
Invasive lobular	18	6.7	9	50.0	9	50.0
Mixed ductal&lobular	50	18.7	18	36.0	32	64.0
Other	18	6.7	5	27.8	13	72.2
Multifocality + Multicentricity							0.456
Yes	34	12.7	11	32.4	23	67.6
No	234	87.3	93	39.7	141	60.3
Nuclear Grade							0.008
1+2	177	66	79	44.6	98	55.4
3	91	34	25	27.5	66	72.5
Histologic Grade							0.999
1+2	136	50.7	53	39.0	83	61.0
3	132	49.3	51	38.6	81	61.4
Lymphovascular invasion							0.753
Yes	206	76.9	81	39.3	125	60.7
No	62	23.1	23	37.1	39	62.9
Estrogen receptor (ER) status							0.124
ER-positive	173	64.6	73	42.2	100	57.8
ER-negative	95	35.4	31	32.6	64	67.4
Progesteron receptor (PR) status							0.134
PR-positive	69	25.7	32	46.4	37	53.6
PR-negative	199	74.3	72	36.2	127	63.8