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. 2022 Apr 1;22:268. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02936-5

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with chemotherapy and no-chemotherapy

Characteristics No-Chemotherapy (n = 2574) Chemotherapy (n = 2122) Total (n = 4696) Pc
No % No % No %
Median follow-up (months) (IQR) 27(12–49) 27(12–47) 27(12–48)
Age (years) 70–79 1257 48.8 1836 86.5 3093 65.9  < 0.001
80 +  1317 51.2 286 13.5 1603 34.1
Race White 2003 77.8 1636 77.1 3639 77.5 0.238
Black 383 14.9 348 16.4 731 15.6
Othera 188 7.3 138 6.5 326 6.9
Marital status Married 959 37.3 1085 51.1 2044 43.5  < 0.001
Not marriedb 1615 62.7 1037 48.9 2652 56.5
Grade I and II 707 27.5 388 18.3 1095 23.3  < 0.001
III 1867 72.5 1734 81,7 3601 76.7
AJCC stage I 1317 51.2 706 33.3 2023 43.1  < 0.001
II 960 37.3 999 47.1 1959 41.7
III 297 11.5 417 8.9 714 15.2
Tumor status T1 1435 55.7 910 42.9 2345 49.9  < 0.001
T2 876 34.0 919 43.3 1795 38.2
T3 150 5.8 148 7.0 298 6.3
T4 113 4.4 145 6.8 258 5.5
Nodal status N0 2039 79.2 1290 60.8 3329 70.9  < 0.001
N1 357 13.9 556 26.2 913 19.4
N2 104 4.0 172 8.1 276 5.9
N3 74 2.9 104 4.9 178 3.8
Surgery approach No surgery 150 5.8 107 5.0 257 5.5 0.239
Mastectomy and BCS 2424 94.2 2015 95.0 4439 94.5
Radiation status Yes 1013 39.4 1179 55.6 2192 46.7  < 0.001
No 1561 60.6 943 44.4 2504 53.3

Abbreviation: AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer, BCS Breast-conserving surgery, IQR Interquartile range

aOther includes American Indian/Alaskan native and Asian/Pacific Islander and Unknown

bNot married includes divorced, separated, single (never married), unmarried or domestic partner, and widowed

cThe P value of the Chi-square test was calculated between the chemotherapy and no-chemotherapy groups, and bold type indicates significance