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. 2017 Jan 1;13(1):27–33. doi: 10.5152/tjbh.2016.3247

Table 3.

Association of hormone receptor expression with FGT proportion and BPE

Estrogen Receptor Progesterone Receptor HER2 Status

ER− (%) ER+ (%) p PR− (%) PR+ (%) p HER2− (%) HER2+ (%) p
All Patients FGT proportion 0.009 0.256 0.453
Fatty 12 (34.3) 23 (65.7) 13 (37.1) 22 (62.9) 24 (68.6) 11 (31.4)
High Fibroglandular 3 (7.5) 37 (92.5) 9 (22.5) 31 (77.5) 23 (57.5) 17 (42.5)
BPE 0.018 0.013 0.922
Low BPE 13 (28.9) 32 (71.1) 18 (40) 27 (60) 28 (62.2) 17 (37.8)
High BPE 2 (6.7) 28 (93.3) 4 (13.3) 26 (86.7) 19 (63.3) 11 (36.7)
Premenopausal Patients FGT proportion 0.005 0.050 0.974
Fatty 7 (41.2) 10 (58.8) 8 (47.1) 9 (52.9) 12 (70.6) 5 (29.4)
High Fibroglandular 2 (6.3) 30 (93.8) 6 (18.8) 26 (81.3) 21 (65.6) 11 (34.4)
BPE 0.011 0.021 1.000
Low BPE 8 (33.3) 16 (66.7) 11 (45.8) 13 (54.2) 16 (66.7) 8 (33.3)
High BPE 1 (4) 24 (96) 3 (12) 22 (88) 17 (68) 8 (32)
Postmenopausal Patients FGT Proportion 0.628 0.668 0.090
Fatty 5 (27.8) 13 (72.2) 5 (27.8) 13 (72.2) 12 (66.7) 6 (33.3)
High Fibroglandular 1 (12.5) 7 (87.5) 3 (37.5) 5 (62.5) 2 (25) 6 (75)
BPE 1.000 1.000 0.635
Low BPE 5 (23.8) 16 (76.2) 7 (33.3) 14 (66.7) 12 (57.1) 9 (42.9)
High BPE 1 (20) 4 (80) 1 (20) 4 (80) 2 (40) 3 (60)

ER: estrogen receptor; PR: progesterone receptor; HER2: human epidermal growth factor 2-neu; BPE: background parenchymal enhancement