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Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of each subtype

From: Expression of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in different immunohistochemical-based molecular subtypes of breast cancer

 

Luminal A (n = 123)

Basal-like (n = 31)

HER2 (n = 17)

Pvalue*

Age (yrs)

   

0.509

Mean ± SD

46.0 ± 10.5

48.2 ± 10.8

47.5 ± 10.2

Median (range)

45 (21–89)

46 (30–70)

45 (30–70)

Grade

   

0.000

 1

25 (20.3%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 2

72 (58.5%)

3 (9.7%)

8 (47.1%)

 3

26 (21.1%)

28 (90.3%)

9 (52.9%)

Tumor size (cm)

   

0.113

 2≤

34 (27.6%)

6 (19.4%)

5 (29.4%)

 2-5

77 (62.6%)

17 (54.8%)

8 (47.1%)

〉5

12 (9.8%)

8 (25.8%)

4 (23.5%)

Lymph node involvement

   

0.991

 0

63 (51.2%)

16 (51.6%)

9 (52.9%)

 1-3

32 (26.0%)

9 (29.0%)

4 (23.5%)

 4-9

17 (13.8%)

3 (9.7%)

3 (17.6%)

 10

11 (8.9%)

3 (9.7%)

1 (5.9%)

Stage

   

0.981

 I

27 (22.0%)

6 (19.4%)

4 (23.5%)

 II

65 (52.8%)

17 (54.8%)

8 (47.1%)

 III

31 (25.2%)

8 (25.8%)

5 (29.4%)

  1. * P value obtained using the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous data and the exact chi-square test for categorical data.