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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Histopathology. 2015 Oct 5;68(5):713–721. doi: 10.1111/his.12811

Table 2. ADH (with or without LN) clinicopathological and radiological variables correlation with upgrade.

Variables Upgrade P-value
Yes (n = 15) No (n = 85)
Clinical
 Age* 57 (31,75) 61 (40, 72) 57 (31, 75) 0.37
 Race African American (n = 8) 2 (25.0) 6 (75.0) 0.58
Caucasian (n = 89) 13 (14.6) 76 (85.4)
 Menopause status Post (n = 66) 11 (16.7) 55 (83.3) 0.79
Pre (n = 34) 4 (11.8) 30 (88.2)
 Hormonal intake No (n = 41) 7 (17.1) 34 (82.9) 0.55
Yes (n = 51) 6 (11.8) 45 (88.2)
Breast carcinoma history
 Concurrent ipsilateral No (n = 68) 11 (16.2) 57 (83.8) 0.8
Yes (n = 32) 4 (12.5) 28 (87.5)
 Concurrent contralateral No (n = 75) 10 (13.3) 65 (86.7) 0.52
Yes (n = 25) 5 (20.0) 20 (80.0)
 Past ipsilateral No (n = 97) 13 (13.4) 84 (86.6) 0.058
Yes (n = 3) 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3)
 Past contralateral No (n = 88) 14 (15.9) 74 (84.1) 0.69
Yes (n = 12) 1 (8.3) 11 (91.7)
Pathology
 Concurrent FEA No (n = 90) 14 (15.6) 76 (84.4) 1
Yes (n = 10) 1 (10.0) 9 (90.0)
 Concurrent LN No (n = 86) 13 (15.1) 73 (84.9) 1
Yes (n = 14) 2 (14.3) 12 (85.7)
 No. ADH foci* 1 (1, 11) 2 (1, 11) 1 (1, 5) 0.21
 No. cores (total)* 8 (3, 17) 8 (5, 12) 8 (3, 17) 0.25
 No. cores (involved)* 1 (1, 8) 2 (1, 8) 1 (1, 5) 0.02
 Largest ADH size* 2 (0.5, 8) 2.1 (0.5, 4.5) 2 (0.5, 8) 0.24
Radiology
 Gauge 11–14 (n = 34) 7 (20.6) 27 (79.4) 0.38
9 (n = 66) 8 (12.1) 58 (87.9)
8–13 (72) 10 (13.9) 62 (86.1) 0.76
14 (28) 5 (35.7) 23 (64.3)
 MRI reason Clinical finding (n = 8) 1 (12.5) 7 (87.5) 0.94
Equivocal mammography (n = 3) 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7)
High risk (n = 38) 5 (13.2) 33 (86.8)
Staging (n = 51) 8 (15.7) 43 (84.3)
 Mass versus NME Mass (n = 34) 7 (20.6) 27 (79.4) 0.38
NME (n = 66) 8 (12.1) 58 (87.9)

ADH, Atypical ductal hyperplasia; LN, Lobular neoplasia[atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH) or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS)]; FEA, Flat epithelial atypia; NME, Non-mass enhancement.

*

Continuous variables with median and range; all other variables n (%).