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. 2019 Jul 11;121(3):230–236. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0511-9

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics according to immune recurrence score

Characteristics Total (N= 392) High-risk (N= 31) Intermediate (N= 265) Low-risk (N= 96) P-value
Age (years)
 Mean (SD) 48.5 (9.8) 48.3 (9.2) 48.4 (10.2) 48.8 (8.9) 0.94
Nuclear grade
 1 8 (2.0%) 1 (3.2%) 4 (1.5%) 3 (3.1%) 0.028
 2 159 (40.6%) 9 (29.0%) 99 (37.4%) 51 (53.1%)
 3 225 (57.4%) 21 (67.7%) 162 (61.1%) 42 (43.8%)
Histology grade
 I 32 (8.2%) 1 (3.2%) 19 (7.2%) 12 (12.5%) 0.003
 II 145 (37.0%) 8 (25.8%) 90 (34.0%) 47 (49.0%)
 III 215 (54.8%) 22 (71.0%) 156 (58.9%) 37 (38.5%)
Lymphovascular invasion
 Absent 239 (61.0%) 14 (45.2%) 156 (58.9%) 69 (71.9%) 0.014
 Present 153 (39.0%) 17 (54.8%) 109 (41.1%) 27 (28.1%)
Stage
 I 135 (14.4%) 8 (25.8%) 80 (30.2%) 47 (49.0%) 0.009
 II 217 (55.4%) 18 (58.1%) 159 (60.0%) 40 (41.7%)
 III 40 (10.2%) 5 (16.1%) 26 (9.8%) 9 (9.4%)
Hormone receptor
 Negative 85 (21.7%) 12 (38.7%) 60 (22.6%) 13 (13.5%) 0.010
 Positive 307 (78.3%) 19 (61.3%) 205 (77.4%) 83 (86.5%)
HER2
 Negative 336 (85.7%) 24 (77.4%) 226 (85.3%) 86 (89.6%) 0.23
 Positive 56 (14.3%) 7 (22.6%) 39 (14.7%) 10 (10.4%)
Intrinsic subtype
 Luminal A 271 (69.1%) 14 (45.2%) 181 (68.3%) 76 (79.2%) 0.021
 Luminal B 36 (9.2%) 5 (16.1%) 24 (9.1%) 7 (7.3%)
 HER2 positive 32 (8.2%) 3 (9.7%) 23 (8.7%) 6 (6.2%)
 Triple-negative 53 (13.5%) 9 (29.0%) 37 (14.0%) 7 (7.3%)

HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, SD standard deviation