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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Pathol. 2014 Sep;142(3):362–369. doi: 10.1309/AJCPZUZ96RESGPUP

Table 1.

Univariate Analysis of clinicopathologic features with final excisional diagnosis (CFA and BPT)

PT
(N=27)
CFA
(N=37)
Total
(N=64)
p value C-
statistic
Age 0.98071 0.51
 Mean (SD) 40.7 (15.3) 40.6 (14.5) 40.7 (14.7)
 Range (18.0-69.0) (15.0-83.0) (15.0-83.0)
Tumor size 0.02931 0.70
 Mean (SD) 2.9 (2.2) 1.8 (1.1) 2.2 (1.7)
 Median 2.3 1.5 1.8
 Q1, Q3 1.5, 3.5 1.0, 2.2 1.1, 2.7
 Range (0.8-12.0) (0.6-5.4) (0.6-12.0)
Mitoses per 10hpf <0.00011 0.83
 Mean (SD) 3.0 (1.7) 0.8 (1.3) 1.8 (1.8)
 Median 3.0 0.0 1.0
 Q1, Q3 2.0, 4.0 0.0, 1.0 0.0, 3.0
 Range (0.0-6.0) (0.0-5.0) (0.0-6.0)
Mitoses: categorical <0.00013 0.83
 0 (/10 HPF) 4 (14.8%) 22 (59.5%) 26 (40.6%)
 1-2 (/10 HPF) 3 (11.1%) 11 (29.7%) 14 (21.9%)
 ≥3/10 HPF 20 (74.1%) 4 (10.8%) 24 (37.5%)
Mitoses (<=2 versus >=3) <0.00013 0.82
 0-2 (/10 HPF) 7 (25.9%) 33 (89.2%) 40 (62.5%)
 ≥3 (/10 HPF) 20 (74.1%) 4 (10.8%) 24 (37.5%)
Stromal Overgrowth 0.00042 0.69
 Missing 1 0 1
 Absent (0) 15 (57.7%) 35 (94.6%) 50 (79.4%)
 Present (1) 11 (42.3%) 2 (5.4%) 13 (20.6%)
Increased Stromal cellularity 0.38773 0.55
 Absent (0) 1 (3.7%) 5 (13.5%) 6 (9.4%)
 Present (1) 26 (96.3%) 32 (86.5%) 58 (90.6%)
Stromal Fragmentation 0.00113 0.70
 Absent (0) 3 (11.1%) 19 (51.4%) 22 (34.4%)
 Present (1) 24 (88.9%) 18 (48.6%) 42 (65.6%)
Infiltration into fat 0.00582 0.66
 Absent (0) 14 (51.9%) 31 (83.8%) 45 (70.3%)
 Present (1) 13 (48.1%) 6 (16.2%) 19 (29.7%)
Stromal Heterogeneity 0.00022 0.73
 Absent (0) 8 (29.6%) 28 (75.7%) 36 (56.3%)
 Present (1) 19 (70.4%) 9 (24.3%) 28 (43.8%)
Subepithelial Condensation 0.00012 0.73
 Absent (0) 10 (37.0%) 31 (83.8%) 41 (64.1%)
 Present (1) 17 (63.0%) 6 (16.2%) 23 (35.9%)
Stromal pleomorphism 0.00102 0.71
 Absent (0) 7 (25.9%) 25 (67.6%) 32 (50.0%)
 Present (1) 20 (74.1%) 12 (32.4%) 32 (50.0%)
Combined histologic features excluding
mitotic activity (of 7 possible from above)
<0.00011 0.94
 Mean (SD) 3.9 (1.2) 1.4 (1.0) 2.5 (1.6)
 Median 4.0 1.0 2.0
 Q1, Q3 3.0, 5.0 1.0, 2.0 1.0, 4.0
 Range (2.0-6.0) (0.0-4.0) (0.0-6.0)
Combined histologic features excluding
mitotic activity, categorized
<0.00012 0.88
 0-2 features 4 (14.8%) 33 (89.2%) 37 (57.8%)
 3-7 features 23 (85.2%) 4 (10.8%) 27 (42.2%)
1

Unequal Variance T-Test

2

Chi-Square

3

Fisher Exact

Histologic features include: stromal mitotic activity, stromal overgrowth, increased stromal cellularity, stromal fragmentation, infiltration into fat, stromal heterogeneity, subepithelial stromal condensation, and stromal nuclear pleomorphism/cellular atypia