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. 2018 Feb 26;9(20):15168–15179. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.24586

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients, tumor and surgery.

<40 y
n = 1453
40−50 y
n = 3420
51−65 y
n = 3510
>65 y
n = 566
all patients
n = 8949
p value*
n Valid % n Valid % n Valid % n Valid % n Valid %
Tumor stage <0.001
cT1 135 9.4 283 8.3 192 5.5 24 4.3 634 7.1
cT2 984 68.3 2189 64.5 2175 62.4 310 55.3 5658 63.7
cT3 214 14.9 586 17.3 567 16.3 95 16.9 1462 16.5
cT4a-c 50 3.5 181 5.3 277 8.0 67 11.9 575 6.5
cT4d 57 4.0 153 4.5 272 7.8 65 11.6 547 6.2
Missing 73 0.8
Nodal status 0.031
N0 731 51.6 1670 49.7 1649 47.9 249 44.5 4299 49.0
N 1−3 619 43.7 1518 45.2 1578 45.8 272 48.6 3987 45.4
N 4−9 50 3.5 131 3.9 163 4.7 32 5.7 376 4.3
N >10 18 1.3 38 1.1 56 1.6 7 1.3 119 1.4
Missing 168 1.9
Histological type <0.001
Ductal invasive 1221 85.7 2721 81.5 2720 79.0 439 77.6 7101 81.0
Lobular invasive 86 6.0 400 12.0 502 14.6 78 13.8 1066 12.2
Others 117 8.2 217 6.5 221 6.4 49 8.7 604 6.9
Missing 178 2.0
Tumor grade <0.001
G1 42 3.1 137 4.2 119 3.6 17 3.1 315 3.7
G2 684 49.8 1812 55.6 1839 55.6 322 59.1 4657 54.9
G3 647 47.1 1312 40.2 1350 40.8 206 37.8 3515 41.4
Missing 462 5.2
ER status <0.001
Negative 630 45.4 1244 37.8 1206 35.8 198 35.2 3278 38.1
Positive 758 54.6 2050 62.2 2160 64.2 365 64.8 5333 61.9
Missing 338 3.8
PR status <0.001
Negative 700 50.5 1415 43.0 1611 48.0 284 50.5 4010 46.6
Positive 687 49.5 1878 57.0 1746 52.0 278 49.5 4589 53.4
Missing 350 3.9
HER-2 Status 0.072
Negative 829 72.1 2050 74.4 1974 74.2 371 78.4 5224 74.2
Positive 320 27.9 707 25.6 688 25.8 102 21.6 1817 25.8
Missing 1908 21.3
Molecular subtypes <0.001
HR positive/HER2− 463 42.3 1309 49.2 1319 51.8 256 54.9 3347 49.5
HR positive/HER2+ 174 15.9 419 15.8 358 14.1 54 11.6 1005 14.9
HR negative/HER2+ 137 12.5 275 10.3 313 12.3 48 10.3 773 11.4
TNBC 320 29.3 655 24.6 555 21.8 108 23.2 1638 24.2
Missing 2186 24.4
BMI <0.001
<18.5 42 2.9 63 1.9 30 0.9 3 0.5 138 1.6
18.5−24.9 895 62.0 1802 53.1 1377 39.7 189 33.4 4263 48.0
25.0−29.9 325 22.5 1009 29.7 1224 35.3 215 38.0 2773 31.2
30.0−39.9 163 11.3 480 14.1 784 22.6 145 25.6 1572 17.7
≥40 19 1.3 40 1.2 55 1.6 14 2.5 128 1.4
Missing 75 0.8
Surgery Type <0.001
Breast conserving therapy 992 71.9 2321 70.7 2333 70.1 310 58.5 5956 69.9
Mastectomy 387 28.1 964 29.3 997 29.9 220 41.5 2568 30.1
Missing 425 4.7

* χ2 or Fisher´s test.