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. 2011 Jul 18;29(24):3232–3239. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.31.4427

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics (n = 89), Grouped by CYP2D6 Metabolism Phenotype, and No. of Patients With Each CYP2D6 Combination Grouped by CYP2D6 Metabolism Phenotype (n = 89)

Characteristic EM (n = 29) IM (n = 51) PM (n = 9) P
Median age, years 49 49 47 .587*
    Range 35-77 35-72 36-56
Race/ethnicity .738
    White 22 40 6
    African American 4 9 3
    Asian 1 2
    Hispanic 2
Median tamoxifen duration, years 0.7 1.3 1.0 .055*
    Range 0.3-4.4 0.3-5.0 0.5-3.0
Menopause .892
    Pre/peri 16 30 4
    Post 13 21 5
SSRI/SNRI use .489
    Total 5 16 1
    Citalopram 3 4
    Venlafaxine 1 9 1
    Escitalopram 1 3
Reason on tamoxifen .07
    Invasive carcinoma 28 41 9
    DCIS 1 10
Prior chemotherapy .041
    Yes 22 27 8
    No 7 24 1
EM EM/UM = 1; 1.1%
EM/EM = 28; 31.5%
IM EM/IM = 20; 22.5%
EM/PM = 19; 21.3%
IM/IM = 4; 4.5%
IM/PM = 8; 9.0%
PM PM/PM = 9; 10.1%

Abbreviations: DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; EM, extensive metabolizer; IM, intermediate metabolizer; PM, poor metabolizer; SNRI, serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.

*

The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to test the shift of location from the median value.