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

Table 8. Comparison of Sarcosine Metabolic Phenotypes between Luminal-Type IDC and ILC.

Metabolic phenotypes Total, n=586 (%) IDC, luminal type, n=472 (%) ILC, n=114 (%) p value
Sarcosine metabolic type <0.001
 High sarcosine type 29 (4.9) 28 (5.9) 1 (0.9)
 Intermediate sarcosine type 24 (4.1) 18 (3.8) 6 (5.3)
 Low sarcosine type 217 (37.0) 147 (31.1) 70 (61.4)
 Null type 316 (53.9) 279 (59.1) 37 (32.5)

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