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. 2018 Mar 29;13(3):e0193871. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193871

Table 1. Summary of patients per risk group.

Total Low Risk:
10 Normal-like,
11 LumA
High Risk:
22 LumB,
11 HER2+,
17 Basal-like
p for Difference
No. of patients 71 (100) 21 (29.5) 50 (70.4) 0.0004
Avg. age 50.8 51.5 50.5 0.7095
Age < 50 33 (46) 9 (42.8) 24 (48.0) 0.7965
Menopausal status 0.7965
    Pre-menopausal 33 (47.8) 9 (45.0) 24 (49.0)
    Post-menopausal 36 (52.2) 11 (55.0) 25 (51.0)
Histological grade 1.0000
    1-Well differentiated 6 (8.5) 2 (9.5) 4 (8.0)
    2-Moderatly diff. 37 (52.1) 11 (52.4) 26 (52.0)
    3-Poorly diff. 23 (32.4) 7 (33.3) 16 (32.0)
    NA 5 (7.0) 1 (4.8) 4 (8.0)
Tumor size 0.3280
    T1 (< = 20 mm) 8 (11.3) 4 (19.1) 4 (8.0)
    T2 (21–50 mm) 44 (62.0) 12 (57.1) 32 (64.0)
    T3 (>50 mm) 18 (26.8) 4 (19.1) 14 (28.0)
Node status 1.0000
    N0 13 (18.3) 4 (19.0) 9 (18.0)
    N1 31 (43.7) 9 (42.6) 22 (44.0)
    N2 24 (33.8) 7 (33.3) 17 (34.0)
    N3 2 (2.8) 0 2 (4.0)
Metastasis status 1.0000*
    M0 63 (88.7) 19 (90.5) 44 (88.0)
    M1 5 (7.0) 1 (4.8) 4 (8.0)
    Mx 3 (4.2) 0 2 (4.0)
Immunohistochemical 0.0169*
    HR+ (ER / PR), HER2- 35 (49.3) 13 (61.9) 22 (44.0)
    HR- (ER & PR), HER2+ 13 (18.3) 6 (28.6) 7 (14.0)
    HR+ (ER / PR), HER2+ 5 (7.0) 0 5 (10.0)
    HR- (ER & PR), HER2- (TN) 17 (23.9) 1 (4.8) 16 (32.0)
    (NA) 1 (1.4) 1 (4.8) 0

For patient counts, numbers in parenthesis represent percentages. LumA = luminal A, LumB = luminal B, HR = Hormone Receptors, ER = Estrogen Receptor, PR = Progesterone Receptor, TN = Triple Negative. Numbers represent only those patients with available information.

* Removing (NA) or Mx.