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. 2015 Apr 1;56(3):598–607. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2015.56.3.598

Table 7. Comparison of Sarcosine Metabolic Phenotypes between IDC and ILC.

Metabolic phenotypes Total, n=835 (%) Normal tissue, n=30 (%) IDC, n=721 (%) ILC, n=114 (%) p value
Sarcosine metabolic type <0.001
 High sarcosine type 37 (4.4) 0 (0.0) 36 (5.0) 1 (0.9)
 Intermediate type 27 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 21 (2.9) 6 (5.3)
 Low sarcosine type 289 (34.6) 2 (6.7) 219 (30.4) 70 (61.4)
 Null type 482 (57.7) 28 (93.3) 445 (61.7) 37 (32.5)

IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma.