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. 2020 Aug 19;48(8):0300060520949041. doi: 10.1177/0300060520949041

Table 5.

Effect of body mass index on the clinical and pathological features, manner of detection, implementation rate of preoperative examinations, and surgical approach in the premenopausal population.

Characteristics UWn (%) NWn (%) OWn (%) OBn (%) Subtotaln (%)
35 292 103 24 454
Molecular subtype
 Luminal A 21 (60.0) 155 (53.1) 49 (47.6) 9 (37.5) 234 (51.5)
 Luminal B 6 (17.1) 63 (21.6) 17 (16.5) 2 (8.3) 88 (19.4)
 Her2+ 4 (11.4) 27 (9.2) 13 (12.6) 2 (8.3) 46 (10.1)
 TN 4 (11.4) 47 (16.1) 24 (23.3) 11 (45.8) 86 (18.9)
P value 0.003*
Surgical approach
 Radical mastectomy 0 (0.0) 7 (2.4) 5 (4.9) 1 (4.2) 13 (2.9)
 Modified radical mastectomy 33 (94.3) 269 (92.1) 81 (78.6) 19 (79.2) 402 (88.5)
 Simple mastectomy + SLNB 2 (5.7) 12 (4.1) 11 (10.7) 3 (12.5) 28 (6.2)
 Breast conservation surgery 0 (0.0) 4 (1.4) 6 (5.8) 1 (4.2) 11 (2.4)
P value 0.015***

UW, underweight; NW, normal weight; OW, overweight; OB, obese; Her2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; TN, triple-negative; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy. *Chi-square test; ***Fisher’s exact test.