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. 2020 Apr;9(4):2267–2279. doi: 10.21037/tcr.2020.03.43

Table 2. The relationship between clinicopathological factors and distant metastasis in male breast cancer.

Characteristics M0 (n=2,723), n (%) M1 (n=250), n (%) P value
Age at diagnosis (year) 67.66±12.352 64.39±12.709 <0.001*
   <55 years 445 (16.3) 52 (20.8)
   ≥55 years 2,278 (83.7) 198 (79.2)
Race 0.008*
   White 2,219 (81.5) 180 (72.0)
   Black 373 (13.7) 56 (22.4)
   Other 131 (4.8) 14 (5.6)
Laterality 0.019*
   Right 1,257 (46.2) 105 (42.0)
   Left 1,441 (52.9) 130 (52.0)
   Bilateral 25 (0.9) 15 (6.0)
T stage <0.001*
   T1 1,386 (50.9) 21 (10.7)
   T2 1,096 (40.2) 76 (38.8)
   T3 68 (2.5) 24 (12.2)
   T4 173 (6.4) 75 (38.3)
N stage <0.001*
   N0 1,663 (61.1) 65 (28.9)
   N1 756 (27.8) 102 (45.3)
   N2 199 (7.3) 29 (12.9)
   N3 105 (3.9) 29 (12.9)
Grade <0.001*
   I 526 (19.3) 10 (5.3)
   II 1,345 (49.4) 83 (44.4)
   III 848 (31.1) 90 (48.1)
   IV 4 (0.1) 4 (2.1)
ER status <0.001*
   Positive 2,656 (97.5) 190 (86.0)
   Negative 67 (2.5) 31 (14.0)
PR status <0.001*
   Positive 2,497 (91.7) 169 (76.1)
   Negative 226 (8.3) 53 (23.9)
Her2 status 0.005*
   Positive 585 (21.5) 42 (20.1)
   Negative 2,138 (78.5) 167 (79.9)
Subtypes <0.001*
   Her2−/HR+ 2,403 (88.2) 145 (70.0)
   Her2+/HR+ 265 (9.7) 35 (16.9)
   Her2+/HR− 21 (0.8) 7 (3.4)
   Triple negative 34 (1.2) 20 (9.7)

*, represent the P value <0.05.