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 |
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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.