Table 2.
Association between age, hormone receptor positivity and therapy response
| Therapy response category | N | HR status (%) | p1 | Average age at diagnosis (year ± SD) | p2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR+ | HR− | HR+ | HR− | all | ||||
| pCR | 23 | 5 (21.7) | 18 (78.3) | <0.001 | 44.2 ± 12.6 | 46.4 ± 13.8 | 46.0 ± 13.3 | 0.008 |
| pPR | 73 | 55 (75.3) | 18 (24.7) | 50.0 ± 11.0 | 52.3 ± 12.8 | 50.4 ± 11.4 | ||
| pNR | 24 | 20 (83.3) | 4 (16.7) | 55.9 ± 10.7 | 53.3 ± 14.5 | 55.6 ± 11.0 | ||
HR – hormone receptor positive (+) or negative (−)
1two-sided Fisher’s exact test; 2Kruskal-Wallis H-test with Dunn’s posthoc (multiple comparison) test for all samples without regarding the HR status