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. 2022 Feb 28;9:856064. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.856064

TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics of 785 patients with breast cancer.

Parameters N SIRI 785 N SIRI 477 N SIRI 308
Cases (n) 785 Low SIRI 484 High SIRI 301 χ2 p value Low SIRI 267 High SIRI 210 χ2 p value Low SIRI 217 High SIRI 91 χ2 p value
Age (years) 0.193 0.660 0.054 0.816 1.504 0.220
 <47 386 (49.17%) 235 (48.55%) 151 (50.17%) 230 (48.22%) 130 (48.69%) 100 (47.62%) 156 (50.65%) 105 (48.39%) 51 (56.04%)
 ≥47 399 (50.83%) 249 (51.45%) 150 (49.83%) 247 (51.78%) 137 (51.31%) 110 (52.38%) 152 (49.35%) 112 (51.61%) 40 (43.96%)
Marital status 0.117 0.732 0.690 0.406 3.013 0.083
 Married 756 (96.31%) 467 (96.49%) 289 (96.01%) 457 (95.81%) 254 (95.13%) 203 (96.67%) 299 (97.08%) 213 (98.16%) 86 (94.51%)
 Unmarried 29 (3.69%) 17 (3.51%) 12 (3.99%) 20 (4.19%) 13 (4.87%) 7 (3.33%) 9 (2.92%) 4 (1.84%) 5 (5.49%)
Occupation 3.276 0.194 0.133 0.936 7.681 0.022
 Mental worker 358 (45.61%) 226 (46.69%) 132 (43.85%) 238 (49.90%) 135 (50.56%) 103 (49.05%) 120 (38.96%) 91 (41.94%) 29 (31.87%)
 Manual worker 125 (15.92%) 83 (17.15%) 42 (13.95%) 66 (13.84%) 37 (13.86%) 29 (13.81%) 59 (19.16%) 46 (21.20%) 13 (14.29%)
 Others 302 (38.47%) 175 (36.16%) 127 (42.19%) 173 (36.27%) 95 (35.58%) 78 (37.14%) 129 (41.88%) 80 (36.87%) 49 (53.85%)
Weight (kg) 1.014 0.314 0.677 0.411 0.465 0.495
 <62.00 383 (48.79%) 243 (50.21%) 140 (46.51%) 235 (49.27%) 136 (50.94%) 99 (47.14%) 148 (48.05%) 107 (49.31%) 41 (45.05%)
 ≥62.00 402 (51.21%) 241 (49.79%) 161 (53.49%) 242 (50.73%) 131 (49.06%) 111 (52.86%) 160 (51.95%) 110 (50.69%) 50 (54.95%)
Height (m) 1.696 0.193 0.036 0.850 2.244 0.134
 <1.60 337 (42.93%) 199 (41.12%) 138 (45.85%) 218 (45.70%) 121 (45.32%) 97 (46.19%) 119 (38.64%) 78 (35.94%) 41 (45.05%)
 ≥1.60 448 (57.07%) 285 (58.88%) 163 (54.15%) 259 (54.30%) 146 (54.68%) 113 (53.81%) 189 (61.36%) 139 (64.06%) 50 (54.95%)
BMI 4.801 0.028 2.674 0.102 3.186 0.074
 <24.00 391 (49.81%) 256 (52.89%) 135 (44.85%) 245 (51.36%) 146 (54.68%) 99 (47.14%) 146 (47.40%) 110 (50.69%) 36 (39.56%)
 ≥24.00 394 (50.19%) 228 (47.11%) 166 (55.15%) 232 (48.64%) 121 (45.32%) 111 (52.86%) 162 (52.60%) 107 (49.31%) 55 (60.44%)
Menarche age (year) 1.076 0.300 0.484 0.487 0.246 0.620
 <14 308 (39.24%) 183 (37.81%) 125 (41.53%) 196 (41.09%) 106 (39.70%) 90 (42.86%) 112 (36.36%) 77 (35.48%) 35 (38.46%)
 ≥14 477 (60.76%) 301 (62.19%) 176 (58.47%) 281 (58.91%) 161 (60.30%) 120 (57.14%) 196 (63.64%) 140 (64.52%) 56 (61.54%)
Menopause 1.119 0.290 2.674 0.102 0.083 0.773
 No 493 (62.80%) 297 (61.36%) 196 (65.12%) 280 (58.70%) 148 (55.43%) 132 (62.86%) 213 (69.16%) 149 (68.66%) 64 (70.33%)
 Yes 292 (37.20%) 187 (38.64%) 105 (34.88%) 197 (41.30%) 119 (44.57%) 78 (37.14%) 95 (30.84%) 68 (31.34%) 27 (29.67%)
ABO blood type 2.449 0.654 4.406 0.354 2.856 0.582
 A 214 (27.26%) 129 (26.65%) 85 (28.24%) 132 (27.67%) 68 (25.47%) 64 (30.48%) 82 (26.62%) 61 (28.11%) 21 (23.08%)
 B 262 (33.38%) 168 (34.71%) 94 (31.23%) 145 (30.40%) 83 (31.09%) 62 (29.52%) 117 (37.99%) 85 (39.17%) 32 (35.16%)
 O 234 (29.81%) 146 (30.17%) 88 (29.24%) 146 (30.61%) 90 (33.71%) 56 (26.67%) 88 (28.57%) 56 (25.81%) 32 (35.16%)
 AB 75 (9.55%) 41 (8.47%) 34 (11.30%) 54 (11.32%) 26 (9.74%) 28 (13.33%) 21 (6.82%) 15 (6.91%) 6 (6.59%)
Tumor site 0.049 0.824 1.404 0.236 2.417 0.120
 Right 369 (47.01%) 226 (46.69%) 143 (47.51%) 233 (48.85%) 124 (46.44%) 109 (51.90%) 136 (44.16%) 102 (47.00%) 34 (37.36%)
 Left 416 (52.99%) 258 (53.31%) 158 (52.49%) 244 (51.15%) 143 (53.56%) 101 (48.10%) 172 (55.84%) 115 (53.00%) 57 (62.64%)
Clinical T stage 19.137 0.001 10.284 0.036 3.161 0.531
 T1 168 (21.40%) 113 (23.35%) 68 (22.59%) 65 (13.63%) 43 (16.10%) 22 (10.48%) 103 (33.44%) 70 (32.26%) 33 (36.26%)
 T2 413 (52.61%) 269 (55.58%) 132 (43.85%) 226 (47.38%) 133 (49.81%) 93 (44.29%) 187 (60.71%) 136 (62.67%) 51 (56.04%)
 T3 131 (16.69%) 71 (14.67%) 59 (19.60%) 115 (24.11%) 62 (23.22%) 53 (25.24%) 16 (5.19%) 9 (4.15%) 7 (7.69%)
 T4 73 (9.30%) 31 (6.40%) 42 (13.95%) 71 (14.88%) 29 (10.86%) 42 (20.00%) 2 (0.65%) 2 (0.92%) 0 (0.00%)
Clinical N stage 14.841 0.005 0.665 0.956 5.613 0.230
 N0 299 (38.09%) 210 (43.39%) 90 (29.90%) 73 (15.30%) 44 (16.48%) 29 (13.81%) 226 (73.38%) 166 (76.50%) 60 (65.93%)
 N1 233 (29.68%) 135 (27.89%) 97 (32.23%) 164 (34.38%) 90 (33.71%) 74 (35.24%) 69 (22.40%) 45 (20.74%) 24 (26.37%)
 N2 160 (20.38%) 88 (18.18%) 72 (23.92%) 151 (31.66%) 84 (31.46%) 67 (31.90%) 9 (2.92%) 4 (1.84%) 5 (5.49%)
 N3 93 (11.85%) 51 (10.54%) 42 (13.95%) 89 (18.66%) 49 (18.35%) 40 (19.05%) 4 (1.30%) 2 (0.92%) 2 (2.20%)
Clinical TNM stage 12.114 0.002 1.930 0.381 0.555 0.758
 I 92 (11.72%) 66 (13.64%) 26 (8.64%) 14 (2.94%) 10 (3.75%) 4 (1.90%) 78 (25.32%) 56 (25.81%) 22 (24.18%)
 II 382 (48.66%) 248 (51.24%) 134 (44.52%) 168 (35.22%) 97 (36.33%) 71 (33.81%) 214 (69.48%) 151 (69.59%) 63 (69.23%)
 III 311 (39.62%) 170 (35.12%) 141 (46.84%) 295 (61.84%) 160 (59.93%) 135 (64.29%) 16 (5.19%) 10 (4.61%) 6 (6.59%)
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
 Chemotherapy regimen 46.320 <0.0001
 EC/ECF 28 (5.87%) 21 (7.87%) 7 (3.33%)
 CT/ECT 27 (5.66%) 21 (7.87%) 6 (2.86%)
 ET 223 (46.75%) 131 (49.06%) 92 (43.81%)
 TP 141 (29.56%) 61 (22.85%) 80 (38.10%)
 Others 58 (12.16%) 33 (12.36%) 25 (11.90%)
Chemotherapy times 3.407 0.065
 <6 134 (28.09%) 84 (31.46%) 50 (23.81%)
 ≥6 343 (71.91%) 183 (68.54%) 160 (76.19%)
Response 1.326 0.857
 CR 7 (1.47%) 6 (2.25%) 1 (0.48%)
 PR 312 (65.41%) 169 (63.30%) 143 (68.10%)
 SD 151 (31.66%) 86 (32.21%) 65 (30.95%)
 PD 7 (1.47%) 6 (2.25%) 1 (0.48%)
Miller and Payne grade 9.371 0.053
 1 22 (4.61%) 11 (4.12%) 11 (5.24%)
 2 126 (26.42%) 70 (26.22%) 56 (26.67%)
 3 177 (37.11%) 112 (41.95%) 65 (30.95%)
 4 62 (13.00%) 26 (9.74%) 36 (17.14%)
 5 90 (18.87%) 48 (17.98%) 42 (20.00%)
Pathological response 0.024 0.876
 pCR 72 (15.09%) 40 (14.98%) 32 (15.24%)
 non-pCR 405 (84.91%) 229 (85.77%) 176 (83.81%)
Post-chemotherapy regimen 16.590 0.005 6.457 0.264 13.250 0.021
 EC/ECF 125 (15.92%) 88 (18.18%) 37 (12.29%) 43 (9.01%) 25 (9.36%) 18 (8.57%) 82 (26.62%) 63 (29.03%) 19 (20.88%)
 CT/ECT 125 (15.92%) 75 (15.50%) 50 (16.61%) 30 (6.29%) 20 (7.49%) 10 (4.76%) 95 (30.84%) 55 (25.35%) 40 (43.96%)
 ET 97 (12.36%) 71 (14.67%) 26 (8.64%) 37 (7.76%) 25 (9.36%) 12 (5.71%) 60 (19.48%) 46 (21.20%) 14 (15.38%)
 TP 61 (7.77%) 37 (7.64%) 24 (7.97%) 39 (8.18%) 23 (8.61%) 16 (7.62%) 22 (7.14%) 14 (6.45%) 8 (8.79%)
 Others 108 (13.76%) 68 (14.05%) 40 (13.29%) 81 (16.98%) 48 (17.98%) 33 (15.71%) 27 (8.77%) 20 (9.22%) 7 (7.69%)
 NO 269 (34.27%) 145 (29.96%) 124 (41.20%) 247(51.78%) 126 (47.19%) 121 (57.62%) 22 (7.14%) 19 (8.76%) 3 (3.30%)
Type of surgery 0.082 0.775 0.037 0.848 0.654 0.419
 Mastectomy 606 (77.20%) 372 (76.86%) 234 (77.74%) 406 (85.12%) 228 (85.39%) 178 (84.76%) 200 (64.94%) 144 (66.36%) 56 (61.54%)
 Breast-conserving surgery 179 (22.80%) 112 (23.14%) 67 (22.26%) 71 (14.88%) 39 (14.61%) 32 (15.24%) 108 (35.06%) 73 (33.64%) 35 (38.46%)
Tumor size (cm) 0.785 0.675 0.512 0.774 0.016 0.992
 ≤2 cm 437 (55.67%) 267 (55.17%) 170 (56.48%) 263 (55.14%) 144 (53.93%) 119 (56.67%) 174 (56.49%) 123 (56.68%) 51 (56.04%)
 >2 and <5 cm 299 (38.09%) 189 (39.05%) 110 (36.54%) 172 (36.06%) 100 (37.45%) 72 (34.29%) 127 (41.23%) 89 (41.01%) 38 (41.76%)
 ≥5 cm 49 (6.24%) 28 (5.79%) 21 (6.98%) 42 (8.81%) 23 (8.61%) 19 (9.05%) 7 (2.27%) 5 (2.30%) 2 (2.20%)
Histologic type 1.481 0.477 0.906 0.636 3.556 0.169
 Ductal 758 (96.56%) 470 (97.11%) 288 (95.68%) 461 (96.65%) 258 (96.63%) 203 (96.67%) 297 (96.43%) 212 (97.70%) 85 (93.41%)
 Lobular 13 (1.66%) 6 (1.24%) 7 (2.33%) 7 (1.47%) 3 (1.12%) 4 (1.90%) 6 (1.95%) 3 (1.38%) 3 (3.30%)
 Others 14 (1.78%) 8 (1.65%) 6 (1.99%) 9 (1.89%) 6 (2.25%) 3 (1.43%) 5 (1.62%) 2 (0.92%) 3 (3.30%)
Histologic grade 3.881 0.144 3.327 0.190 5.327 0.070
 I 133 (16.94%) 76 (15.70%) 57 (18.94%) 108 (22.64%) 54 (20.22%) 54 (25.71%) 25 (8.12%) 22 (10.14%) 3 (3.30%)
 II 431 (54.90%) 279 (57.64%) 152 (50.50%) 244 (51.15%) 146 (54.68%) 98 (46.67%) 187 (60.71%) 133 (61.29%) 54 (59.34%)
 III 221 (28.15%) 129 (26.65%) 92 (30.56%) 125 (26.21%) 67 (25.09%) 58 (27.62%) 96 (31.17%) 62 (28.57%) 34 (37.36%)
Pathological TNM classification
 Pathological T stage 4.021 0.403 2.050 0.727 1.824 0.768
  Tis/T0 92 (11.72%) 50 (10.33%) 42 (13.95%) 88 (18.45%) 46 (17.23%) 42 (20.00%) 4 (1.30%) 4 (1.84%) 0 (0.00%)
  T1 302 (38.47%) 187 (38.64%) 115 (38.21%) 190 (39.83%) 108 (40.45%) 82 (39.05%) 112 (36.36%) 79 (36.41%) 33 (36.26%)
  T2 326 (41.53%) 208 (42.98%) 118 (39.20%) 149 (31.24%) 85 (31.84%) 64 (30.48%) 177 (57.47%) 123 (56.68%) 54 (59.34%)
  T3 45 (5.73%) 29 (5.99%) 16 (5.32%) 34 (7.13%) 21 (7.87%) 13 (6.19%) 11 (3.57%) 8 (3.69%) 3 (3.30%)
  T4 20 (2.55%) 10 (2.07%) 10 (3.32%) 16 (3.35%) 7 (2.62%) 9 (4.29%) 4 (1.30%) 3 (1.38%) 1 (1.10%)
 Pathological N stage 2.054 0.726 1.523 0.823 1.628 0.804
  N0 326 (41.53%) 201 (41.53%) 125 (41.53%) 176 (36.90%) 96 (35.96%) 80 (38.10%) 150 (48.70%) 105 (48.39%) 45 (49.45%)
  N1 175 (22.29%) 115 (23.76%) 60 (19.93%) 101 (21.17%) 62 (23.22%) 39 (18.57%) 74 (24.03%) 53 (24.42%) 21 (23.08%)
  N2 122 (15.54%) 71 (14.67%) 51 (16.94%) 77 (16.14%) 42 (15.73%) 35 (16.67%) 45 (14.61%) 29 (13.36%) 16 (17.58%)
  N3 162 (20.64%) 97 (20.04%) 65 (21.59%) 123 (25.79%) 67 (25.09%) 56 (26.67%) 39 (12.66%) 30 (13.82%) 9 (9.89%)
 Pathological TNM stage 2.384 0.666 1.795 0.773 1.621 0.805
  Tis/T0 74 (9.43%) 43 (8.88%) 31 (10.30%) 71 (14.88%) 40 (14.98%) 31 (14.76%) 3 (0.97%) 3 (1.38%) 0 (0.00%)
  I 157 (20.00%) 96 (19.83%) 61 (20.27%) 83 (17.40%) 44 (16.48%) 39 (18.57%) 74 (24.03%) 52 (23.96%) 22 (24.18%)
  II 262 (33.38%) 171 (35.33%) 91 (30.23%) 118 (24.74%) 72 (26.97%) 46 (21.90%) 144 (46.75%) 99 (45.62%) 45 (49.45%)
  III 292 (37.20%) 174 (35.95%) 118 (39.20%) 205 (42.98%) 111 (41.57%) 94 (44.76%) 87 (28.25%) 63 (29.03%) 24 (26.37%)
 Total lymph nodes 0.204 0.652 2.866 0.091 0.047 0.829
  <21 391 (49.81%) 238 (49.17%) 153 (50.83%) 202 (42.35%) 104 (38.95%) 98 (46.67%) 189 (61.36%) 134 (61.75%) 55 (60.44%)
  ≥21 394 (50.19%) 246 (50.83%) 148 (49.17%) 275 (57.65%) 163 (61.05%) 112 (53.33%) 119 (38.64%) 83 (38.25%) 36 (39.56%)
 Positive lymph nodes 0.103 0.749 0.175 0.676 0.109 0.742
  <1 329 (41.91%) 205 (42.36%) 124 (41.20%) 179 (37.53%) 98 (36.70%) 81 (38.57%) 150 (48.70%) 107 (49.31%) 43 (47.25%)
  ≥1 456 (58.09%) 279 (57.64%) 177 (58.80%) 298 (62.47%) 169 (63.30%) 129 (61.43%) 158 (51.30%) 110 (50.69%) 48 (52.75%)
 Postoperative complications 0.002 0.968 0.017 0.898 0.375 0.540
  No 728 (92.74%) 449 (92.77%) 279 (92.69%) 449 (94.13%) 251 (94.01%) 198 (94.29%) 279 (90.58%) 198 (91.24%) 81 (89.01%)
  Yes 57 (7.26%) 35 (7.23%) 22 (7.31%) 28 (5.87%) 16 (5.99%) 12 (5.71%) 29 (9.42%) 19 (8.76%) 10 (10.99%)
 Postoperative chemotherapy 10.404 0.001 5.120 0.024 2.881 0.090
  No 269 (34.27%) 145 (29.96%) 124 (41.20%) 247 (51.78%) 126 (47.19%) 121 (57.62%) 22 (7.14%) 19 (8.76%) 3 (3.30%)
  Yes 516 (65.73%) 339 (70.04%) 177 (58.80%) 230 (48.22%) 141 (52.81%) 89 (42.38%) 286 (92.86%) 198 (91.24%) 88 (96.70%)
 Postoperative chemotherapy times 13.066 0.0003 5.320 0.021 1.473 0.225
  <4 374 (47.64%) 206 (42.56%) 168 (55.81%) 340 (71.28%) 179 (67.04%) 161 (76.67%) 34 (11.04%) 27 (12.44%) 7 (7.69%)
  ≥4 411 (52.36%) 278 (57.44%) 133 (44.19%) 137 (28.72%) 88 (32.96%) 49 (23.33%) 274 (88.96%) 190 (87.56%) 84 (92.31%)
 Postoperative radiotherapy 0.496 0.481 0.118 0.732 2.750 0.097
  No 196 (24.97%) 125 (25.83%) 71 (23.59%) 119 (24.95%) 65 (24.34%) 54 (25.71%) 77 (25.00%) 60 (27.65%) 17 (18.68%)
  Yes 589 (75.03%) 359 (74.17%) 230 (76.41%) 358 (75.05%) 202 (75.66%) 156 (74.29%) 231 (75.00%) 157 (72.35%) 74 (81.32%)
 Postoperative endocrine therapy 1.927 0.165 0.059 0.808 1.563 0.211
  No 302 (38.47%) 177 (36.57%) 125 (41.53%) 206 (43.19%) 114 (42.70%) 92 (43.81%) 96 (31.17%) 63 (29.03%) 33 (36.26%)
  Yes 483 (61.53%) 307 (63.43%) 176 (58.47%) 271 (56.81%) 153 (57.30%) 118 (56.19%) 212 (68.83%) 154 (70.97%) 58 (63.74%)
 Postoperative targeted therapy 9.697 0.002 4.153 0.042 2.753 0.097
  No 583 (74.27%) 378 (78.10%) 205 (68.11%) 332 (69.60%) 196 (73.41%) 136 (64.76%) 251 (81.49%) 182 (83.87%) 69 (75.82%)
  Yes 202 (25.73%) 106 (21.90%) 96 (31.89%) 145 (30.40%) 71 (26.59%) 74 (35.24%) 57 (18.51%) 35 (16.13%) 22 (24.18%)