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. 2021 Sep 16;23(9):e27576. doi: 10.2196/27576

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients who have received surgery and multidisciplinary treatment discussion (N=4475).

Characteristics Values, n (%) P value

Total (n=4475) Pre-App cohort (n=2966) App nonused cohort (n=861) App used cohort (n=648)
Age (years) <.001

≤50 1662 (37.1) 1100 (37.1) 293 (34) 269 (41.5)

50-70 2304 (51.5) 1535 (51.8) 435 (50.5) 334 (51.5)

>70 509 (11.4) 331 (11.2) 133 (15.4) 45 (6.9)
Educational levela .70

Middle school or lower 1673 (38.2) 1104 (38.1) 334 (39.2) 235 (37.1)

High school or higher 2709 (61.8) 1792 (61.9) 518 (60.8) 399 (62.9)
Marital status .14

Married 4315 (96.4) 2857 (96.3) 825 (95.8) 633 (97.7)

Others 160 (3.6) 109 (3.7) 36 (4.2) 15 (2.3)
Menopausal status .002

Pre 1728 (38.6) 1144 (38.6) 300 (34.8) 284 (43.8)

Post 2747 (61.4) 1822 (61.4) 561 (65.2) 364 (56.2)
Benign breast disease history <.001

Yes 967 (21.6) 572 (19.3) 228 (26.5) 167 (25.8)

No 3508 (78.4) 2394 (80.7) 633 (73.5) 481 (74.2)
Malignant disease history <.001

Yes 209 (4.7) 111 (3.7) 56 (6.5) 42 (6.5)

No 4266 (95.3) 2855 (96.3) 805 (93.5) 606 (93.5)
Family history of breast cancer .002

Yes 340 (7.6) 197 (6.6) 86 (10) 57 (8.8)

No 4135 (92.4) 2769 (93.4) 775 (90) 591 (91.2)
Comorbidity .01

Yes 1766 (39.5) 1184 (39.9) 359 (41.7) 223 (34.4)

No 2709 (60.5) 1782 (60.1) 502 (58.3) 425 (65.6)
Breast surgery <.001

Breast conserving 1597 (35.7) 1004 (33.9) 357 (41.5) 236 (36.4)

Mastectomy 2878 (64.3) 1962 (66.1) 504 (58.5) 412 (63.6)
Axillary surgeryb <.001

SLNBc 2940 (66.2) 1905 (64.6) 626 (74) 409 (63.2)

ALNDd 1501 (33.8) 1043 (35.4) 220 (26) 238 (36.8)
Tumor sizee .40

≤2 cm 2542 (58) 1669 (58) 511 (59.3) 362 (55.9)

>2 cm 1843 (42) 1207 (42) 350 (40.7) 286 (44.1)
Lymph node statusf <.001

Negative 2905 (65.4) 1943 (65.9) 605 (71.5) 357 (55.3)

Positive 1535 (34.6) 1005 (34.1) 241 (28.5) 289 (44.7)
Pathological subtype <.001

IDCg 3848 (86) 2578 (86.9) 690 (80.1) 580 (89.5)

Non-IDC 627 (14) 388 (13.1) 171 (19.9) 68 (10.5)
Tumor grade <.001

I or II 2253 (50.3) 1437 (48.4) 469 (54.5) 347 (53.5)

III 1574 (35.2) 1137 (38.3) 212 (24.6) 225 (34.7)

Unknown 648 (14.5) 392 (13.2) 180 (20.9) 76 (11.7)
LVIh <.001

No 3926 (87.7) 2689 (90.7) 722 (83.9) 515 (79.5)

Yes 549 (12.3) 277 (9.3) 139 (16.1) 133 (20.5)
Estrogen receptor status .01

Negative 160 (24.7) 780 (26.3) 184 (21.4) 160 (24.7)

Positive 3351 (74.9) 2186 (73.7) 677 (78.6) 488 (75.3)
Progesterone receptor status <.001

Negative 1629 (36.4) 1153 (38.9) 254 (29.5) 222 (34.3)

Positive 2846 (63.6) 1813 (61.1) 607 (70.5) 426 (65.7)
HER2i status .001

Negative 3435 (76.8) 2280 (76.9) 689 (80) 466 (71.9)

Positive 1040 (23.2) 686 (23.1) 172 (20) 182 (28.1)
Ki-67 <.001

<14% 1400 (31.3) 1029 (34.7) 245 (28.5) 126 (19.4)

≥14% 3075 (68.7) 1937 (65.3) 616 (71.5) 522 (80.6)
Molecular subtype <.001

Luminal-A like 923 (20.6) 657 (22.2) 184 (21.4) 82 (12.7)

Luminal-B like (HER2-negative) 1903 (42.5) 1206 (40.7) 399 (46.3) 298 (46)

Luminal-B like (HER2-positive) 540 (12.1) 331 (11.2) 97 (11.3) 112 (10.8)

HER2 positive 500 (11.2) 355 (12) 75 (8.7) 70 (10.8)

Triple negative 609 (13.6) 417 (14.1) 106 (12.3) 86 (13.3)
TNMj stagek .003

Stage I 1954 (44.7) 1289 (44.8) 415 (49.1) 250 (38.7)

Stage II 1839 (42.1) 1213 (42.1) 329 (38.9) 297 (46)

Stage III 577 (13.2) 376 (13.1) 102 (12.1) 99 (15.3)

aA total of 993 patients had missing data of educational level.

bA total of 34 patients had missing data of axillary surgery procedure.

cSLNB: sentinel lymph node biopsy.

dALND: axillary lymph node dissection.

eA total of 90 patients had missing data of tumor size.

fA total of 35 patients had missing data of lymph node status.

gIDC: invasive ductal carcinoma.

hLVI: lymphovascular invasion.

iHER2: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.

jTNM: tumor, lymph node, and metastasis.

kA total of 105 patients had missing data of tumor, lymph node, and metastasis stage.