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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast. 2018 Dec 7;43:123–129. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2018.12.005

Table 4-.

Clinical characteristics of HIV positive patients by anti-retroviral (ART) use at breast cancer diagnosis

Not on ART (n=63) ** On ART (n=160) ** P-value*
Stage at BC diagnosis
Early Stage 18 (28.6%) 65 (40.9%) 0.09
Late Stage 45 (71.4%) 94 (59.1%)
Metastatic disease
No metastasis 47 (74.6%) 137 (85.6%) 0.05
Metastasis 16 (25.4%) 23 (14.4%)
IHC4 subtypes at diagnosis
Luminal A 5 (8.3%) 18 (12.0%) 0.74
Luminal B 42 (70.0%) 94 (62.7%)
Her2-positive 4 (6.7%) 9 (6.0%)
Triple Negative 9 (15.0%) 29 (19.3%)
 Luminal B (ER+/PR+; Her2-; Ki67≥14%) 28 (66.7%) 57 (60.6%) 0.50
 Luminal B (ER+/PR+; Her2+) 14 (33.3%) 37 (39.4%)
*

Chi square test,

Fisher’s exact test and

#

Mann Whitney test comparing use of ART.

**

ART use missing for 3 HIV positive patients (1.3%).