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Table 2 Pathological characteristics of AAW and CW with TNBC

From: Outcome disparities in African American women with triple negative breast cancer: a comparison of epidemiological and molecular factors between African American and Caucasian women with triple negative breast cancer

 

AAW (n = 62)

CW (n = 98)

P-value

Stage

  

0.255

I

0.33

0.46

 

II

0.48

0.36

 

III

0.12

0.15

 

IV

0.07

0.03

 

Grade

  

0.160

Well-differentiated

0.02

0.03

 

Moderately-differentiated

0.05

0.15

 

Poorly-differentiated

0.93

0.82

 

Size

  

0.072

T1

0.41

0.56

 

T2

0.52

0.34

 

T3

0.07

0.10

 

Lymph node status

  

0.856

Positive

0.73

0.72

 

Negative

0.27

0.28

 

Ki-67a

  

0.889

Positive

0.16

0.17

 

Negative

0.84

0.83

 
  1. aTumors with Ki67 < 14% were considered negative, those ≥14% positive, as described by Cheang et al. [17].