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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data by group

From: Assessment of outcomes and novel immune biomarkers in metaplastic breast cancer: a single institution retrospective study

Variable

Level

TNBC (n = 130)

MBC (n = 44)

Total

p value

Age at initial diagnosis

Mean (SD)

54.6 (12.8)

55.4 (13.9)

54.8 (13.0) [n = 174]

0.7495

Race

White

108 (83.1%)

40 (90.9%)

148 (85.1%)

0.2451

Black

14 (10.8%)

4 (9.1%)

18 (10.3%)

—

Other

8 (6.2%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (4.6%)

—

Hispanic ethnicity

Yes

3 (2.3%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (1.8%)

1.0000

Positive nodes

Yes

60 (46.2%)

13 (29.5%)

73 (42.0%)

0.0765

Stage

I

16 (12.3%)

6 (13.6%)

22 (12.6%)

0.9812

II

96 (73.8%)

32 (72.7%)

128 (73.6%)

—

III

15 (11.5%)

5 (11.4%)

20 (11.5%)

—

IV

3 (2.3%)

1 (2.3%)

4 (2.3%)

—

ER status

Positive

0 (0.0%)

4 (9.1%)

4 (2.3%)

0.0037

Negative

130 (100.0%)

40 (90.9%)

170 (97.7%)

—

PR status

Positive

0 (0.0%)

4 (9.1%)

4 (2.3%)

0.0037

Negative

130 (100.0%)

40 (90.9%)

170 (97.7%)

—

HER2 status

Positive

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.3%)

1 (0.6%)

0.0146

Negative

130 (100.0%)

43 (97.7%)

170 (98.3%)

—

  1. p values from a two-sample t test for continuous variables and a Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. Abbreviations: ER = estrogen receptor; HER2 = human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; MBC = metaplastic breast cancer; PR = progesterone receptor; SD = standard deviation; TNBC = triple-negative breast cancer