Table 5.
Hormone receptor status stratified by age group. Younger age more frequently correlates with lack of hormone receptors.
| HR status | PgR status | |||||
| PgR+ | PgR− | |||||
| N | % | N | ||||
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| ≤35 years | ||||||
| ER+ | 43 | 58.1 | 6 | 8.1 | ||
| ER− | 6 | 8.1 | 19 | 25.7 | ||
| Total | 49 | 66.2 | 25 | 33.8 | ||
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| 36–40 years | ||||||
| ER+ | 106 | 66.3 | 18 | 11.3 | ||
| ER− | 5 | 3.1 | 31 | 19.4 | ||
| Total | 111 | 69.4 | 49 | 30.6 | ||
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| 41–45 years | ||||||
| ER+ | 199 | 66.1 | 26 | 8.6 | ||
| ER− | 15 | 5.0 | 61 | 20.3 | ||
| Total | 214 | 71.1 | 87 | 28.9 | ||
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| 46–50 years | ||||||
| ER+ | 328 | 72.6 | 34 | 7.5 | ||
| ER− | 19 | 4.2 | 71 | 15.7 | ||
| Total | 347 | 76.8 | 105 | 23.2 | ||
χ 2 = 7.07; P = .0078.
ER: estrogen receptor. HR: hormone receptor. PgR: progesterone receptor.