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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2019 Mar 5;175(3):667–674. doi: 10.1007/s10549-019-05181-4

Table 3.

Factors associated with age ≥ 70.

Age < 70 (N=513) Age ≥ 70 (N=92) P value
De novo Metastatic Disease 0.4
 Yes 129 (25.1) 19 (20.7)
 No 384 (74.9) 73 (79.3)
Prior Therapy for Metastatic <0.0001
 None 224 (43.7) 59 (64.1)
 Hormonal 106 (20.7) 18 (19.6)
 Chemotherapy 183 (35.7) 15 (16.3)
Early Dose Reductions <0.05
 Yes 107 (20.9) 35 (38.0)
 No 397 (77.4) 55 (59.8)
Late Dose Reductions 0.6
 Yes 88 (17.2) 18 (19.6)
 No 416 (81.1) 72 (78.3)
Number of Dose Reductions <0.0001
 0 330 (64.3) 48 (52.2)
 1 139 (27.1) 23 (25.0)
 2 41 (8.0) 21 (22.8)
Dose Delays <0.0001
 Yes 189 (36.8) 52 (56.5)
 No 324 (63.2) 40 (43.5)
Metastatic Line <0.05
 Mean 2.5 1.7
 Median (range) 2 (1–16) 1 (1–6)
Charlson Comorbidity Index <0.0001
 Mean 6.4 6.9
Toxicity 0.3
 No 405 (78.9) 68 (73.9)
 Yes 108 (21.1) 24 (26.1)
Heart Disease <0.0001
 No 487 (94.9) 74 (80.4)
 Yes 25 (4.9) 17 (18.5)
Kidney Disease <0.0001
 No 341 (66.5) 32 (34.8)
 Yes 172 (33.5) 60 (65.2)