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Table 1 Baseline clinicopathological characteristics of patients with ER+, Her2− breast cancer (n = 273)

From: Exploring the influencing factors of the pathologic complete response in estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a retrospective study

Characteristic

n(%)

Overall

Breast

Total (n = 273)

pCR (n = 28)

Non-pCR (n = 245)

P valuea

pCR (n = 38)

Non-pCR (n = 235)

P value

Clinical variable

Age (years)

   

0.868

  

0.907

 < 45

84 (30.8)

9 (32.1)

75 (30.6)

 

12 (31.6)

72 (30.6)

 

 ≥ 45

189 (69.2)

19 (67.9)

170 (69.4)

 

26 (68.4)

163 (69.4)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

   

0.975

  

0.388

 < 24

147 (53.8)

15 (53.6)

132 (53.9)

 

18 (47.4)

129 (54.9)

 

 ≥ 24

126 (46.2)

13 (46.4)

113 (46.1)

 

20 (52.6)

106 (45.1)

 

Tumor location

   

0.822

  

0.935

 Left

131 (48.0)

14 (50.0)

117 (47.8)

 

18 (47.4)

113 (48.1)

 

 Right

142 (52.0)

14 (50.0)

128 (52.2)

 

20 (52.6)

122 (51.9)

 

Menopausal status

   

0.116

  

0.685

Postmenopausal

116 (42.5)

8 (28.6)

108 (44.1)

 

15 (39.5)

101 (43.0)

 

Premenopausal

157 (57.5)

20 (71.4)

137 (55.9)

 

23 (60.5)

134 (57.0)

 

PLR

   

0.242

  

0.069

 < 117.88

116 (42.5)

9 (32.1)

107 (43.7)

 

11 (28.9)

105 (44.7)

 

 ≥ 117.88

157 (57.5)

19 (67.9)

138 (56.3)

 

27 (71.1)

130 (55.3)

 

NLR

   

0.067

  

0.283

 < 2.46

94 (34.4)

14 (50.0)

80 (32.7)

 

16 (42.1)

78 (33.2)

 

 ≥ 2.46

179 (65.6)

14 (50.0)

165 (67.3)

 

22 (57.9)

157 (66.8)

 

FBG

   

0.392

  

0.225

 < 1.73

39 (14.3)

2 (7.1)

37 (15.1)

 

35 (92.1)

199 (84.7)

 

 ≥ 1.73

234 (85.7)

26 (92.9)

208 (84.9)

 

3 (7.9)

36 (15.3)

 

Tumor size (cm)

      

0.988

 < 2

35 (12.8)

4 (14.3)

31 (12.7)

0.954

5 (13.2)

30 (12.8)

 

 2 ~ 5

195 (71.4)

20 (71.4)

175 (71.4)

 

27 (71.1)

168 (71.5)

 

 > 5

43 (15.8)

4 (14.3)

39 (15.9)

 

6 (15.8)

37 (15.7)

 

Lymph node status

   

0.854

  

0.406

 cN0

132 (48.4)

14 (50.0)

118 (48.2)

 

16 (42.1)

116 (49.4)

 

 cNX

141 (51.6)

14 (50.0)

127 (51.8)

 

22 (57.9)

119 (50.6)

 

Blood supply

   

0.145

  

0.943

 Poor

102 (37.4)

14 (50.0)

88 (35.9)

 

14 (36.8)

84 (37.4)

 

 Abundant

171 (62.6)

14 (50.0)

157 (64.1)

 

24 (63.2)

147 (62.6)

 

Pathological variable

 Histological grade

   

0.038

  

0.009

 I

20 (7.3)

1 (3.6)

19 (7.8)

 

2 (5.3)

18 (7.7)

 

 II

229 (83.9)

21 (75.0)

208 (84.9)

 

27 (71.1)

202 (84.0)

 

 III

24 (8.8)

6 (21.4)

18 (7.3)

 

9 (23.6)

15 (6.3)

 

ER (%)

   

0.002

  

0.005

  [1, 10]

16 (5.9)

5 (17.9)

11 (4.5)

 

6 (15.8)

10 (4.3)

 

  [10, 30]

17 (6.2)

2 (7.1)

15 (6.1)

 

4 (10.5)

13 (5.5)

 

  [30, 50]

30 (11.0)

7 (25.0)

23 (9.4)

 

8 (21.1)

22 (9.4)

 

  [50, 70]

60 (22.0)

6 (21.4)

54 (22.0)

 

8 (21.1)

52 (22.1)

 

 > 70

150 (54.9)

8 (28.6)

142 (58.0)

 

12 (31.5)

138 (58.7)

 

PgR(%)

   

0.003

  

<0.001

Negative

62 (22.7)

8 (28.6)

54 (22.0)

 

12 (31.6)

50 (21.3)

 

  [1, 10]

40 (14.7)

10 (35.7)

30 (12.3)

 

13 (34.2)

27 (11.5)

 

 > 10

171 (62.6)

10 (35.7)

161 (65.7)

 

13 (34.2)

158 (67.2)

 

Ki-67(%)

   

0.005

  

<0.001

 < 20

101 (37.0)

3 (10.7)

98 (40.0)

 

5 (13.2)

96 (40.9)

 

  [20, 40)

110 (40.3)

13 (46.4)

97 (39.6)

 

15 (39.4)

95 (40.3)

 

  [40, 60)

43 (15.8)

8 (28.6)

35 (14.3)

 

13 (34.2)

30 (12.8)

 

 ≥ 60

19 (7.0)

4 (14.3)

15 (6.1)

 

5 (13.2)

14 (6.0)

 

P53 status

   

0.424

  

0.163

 Negative

76 (27.8)

6 (21.4)

70 (28.6)

 

7 (18.4)

69 (29.4)

 

 Positive

197 (72.2)

22 (78.6)

175 (71.4)

 

31 (81.6)

166 (70.6)

 
  1. pCR pathologic complete response, BMI body mass index, PLR platelet to lymphocyte ratio, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, FBG fibrinogen, ER estrogen receptor, PgR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor2, ER+ estrogen receptor-positive
  2. aP values were determined by chi-square tests. Bold values indicate statistical significance (P < 0.05)