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. 2022 Oct 6;196(3):603–611. doi: 10.1007/s10549-022-06738-6

Table 2.

Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics,a stratified by ILD status

No ILD (N = 384) Prevalent ILD (N = 84) Incident ILD (N = 65) Total (N = 533)
Age at initial breast cancer diagnosis [median (IQR)] 53 (44, 62) 58 (46, 66) 54 (45, 62) 53 (45, 63)
Age at metastatic diagnosis [median (IQR)] 56 (47, 64) 61 (52, 69) 57 (48, 64) 57 (48, 65)
Race [n (%)]
 White 298 (78) 64 (76) 48 (74) 410 (77)
 Black or African-American 67 (17) 14 (17) 17 (26) 98 (18)
 Asian 11 (3) 3 (3.5) 0 (0) 14 (3)
 Other or not provided 8 (2) 3 (3.5) 0 (0) 11 (2)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic/Latino 22 (6) 4 (5) 1 (2) 27 (5)
 Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 357 (93) 76 (90) 62 (95) 495 (77)
 Not provided 5 (1) 4 (5) 2 (3) 11 (2)
Stage IV at diagnosis [n (%)] 193 (50) 39 (46) 38 (58) 270 (51)
ECOG at metastatic diagnosis [n (%)]
 0 68 (18) 19 (23) 12 (18) 99 (19)
 1 61 (16) 16 (19) 7 (11) 84 (16)
 2+  26 (7) 8 (9) 5 (8) 39 (7)
Unknown 229 (60) 41 (49) 41 (63) 311 (58)
BMI
 Normal 95 (25) 24 (29) 19 (29) 138 (26)
 Overweight 102 (27) 22 (26) 10 (15) 134 (25)
 Obese 118 (31) 31 (37) 21 (32) 170 (32)
 Unknown 69 (18) 7 (8) 15 (23) 91 (17)
Menopausal status at metastatic diagnosis
 Premenopausal 91 (24) 10 (12) 16 (25) 117 (22)
 Perimenopausal 8 (2) 1 (1) 1 (2) 10 (2)
 Postmenopausal 240 (62) 65 (77) 36 (55) 341 (64)
 Unknown/not available 45 (12) 8 (9) 12 (18) 65 (12)
Smoking history at initial diagnosis (ever smoked) 157 (41) 37 (44) 34 (52) 228 (43)
Thoracic radiationb 35 (9) 8 (10) 6 (9) 49 (9)
Lung metastasis 98 (26) 37 (44) 23 (35) 158 (30)
COPD 14 (4) 9 (11) 7 (11) 30 (6)
Pulmonary embolism 5 (1) 5 (6) 0 (0) 10 (2)
Lung cancer 1 (0) 2 (2) 0 (0) 3 (1)
Anemia 93 (24) 33 (39) 13 (20) 139 (26)
Autoimmune conditionc 12 (3) 4 (5) 2 (3) 18 (3)

BMI Body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ECOG Eastern Collaborative Oncology Group, ILD interstitial lung disease, IQR interquartile range, n: number

aAssessed at index date unless otherwise specified

bDefinitive, palliative or prophylactic radiation to lungs, mediastinal, and chest wall for lung metastasis from breast cancer, lung cancer, or treatment that included lung in the therapy field. Does not include radiation received to the intact breast

cLupus, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, and/or polymyositis/dermatomyositis