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. 2019 Feb 7;14(2):e0211734. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211734

Table 3. Association between race, molecular subtype, and clinicopathologic characteristics.

Variable African Americans p-value Caucasians p-value
Luminal TNBC Luminal TNBC
43 (37%) 73 (63%) 92 (58%) 68 (42%)
Mean age, years (IQR) 59
(48–74)
55
(46–65)
0.160 55
(48–63)
55
(46–65)
0.796
Tumor Stage     >0.000     0.943
    early (I & II) 33 (77%) 49 (77%)   66 (72%) 50 (73.5%)  
    late (III & IV) 10 (23%) 24 (33%)   26 (28%) 18 (26.5%)  
Follow up, mean months (IQR) 63.8
(33.2–102.2)
64.9
(20.3–105.7)
0.891 85.0
(57.4–120)
72.3
(81–120)
0.053
Event (cause of death)     0.579     0.170
    Alive/other 34 (79%) 53 (73%)   77 (84%) 70 (74%)  
    Death from cancer 9 (21%) 20 (27%)   15 (16%) 18 (27%)  
Grade     >0.000     >0.000
    I &II 18 (45%) 8 (11%)   57 (63%) 11 (17%)  
    III 22 (55%) 65 (89%)   34 (37%) 55 (83%)  
p53 status     0.601     0.626
    Wild-type 16 (60%) 49 (67%)   77 (84%) 54 (79%)  
    Mutated 17 (40%) 24 (33%)   15 (16%) 14 (21%)  
Codon 72     0.077     0.003
    Arg/Arg 10 (23%) 19 (26%)   40 (44%) 48 (71%)  
    Arg/Pro 16 (40%) 15 (21%)   21 (23%) 9 (13%)  
    Pro/Pro 17 (37%) 39 (53%)   31 (33%) 11 (16%)  
Interaction p53*SNP     0.451     0.167
    Wild-type p53 (all SNPs) 26 (60%) 49 (67%)   77 (84%) 54 (79%)  
    Arg/Arg & p53 mut 3 (7%) 4 (6%)   6 (7%) 11 (16%)  
    Arg/Pro & p53 mut 5 (12%) 3 (4%)   5 (5%) 1 (2%)  
    Pro/Pro & p53 mut 9 (21%) 17 (23%)   4 (4%) 2 (3%)  

Abbreviations: TNBC, triple-negative molecular subtype, n, total number of participants per group, IQR = interquartile range, mut = mutated