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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of groups 1 & 2; risk factors, tumor characteristics, and treatment

From: Analysis of the pathogenic variants of BRCA1 and BRCA2 using next-generation sequencing in women with familial breast cancer: a case–control study

Characteristic

Group 1

Group 2

n = 101

n = 22

Age at diagnosis,

(years); ±SD

36.9 ± 5.2

53.1 ± 4.8

Familial cancer

 n (%)

54 (53%)

0

BMI,

 mean; ±SD

27.7 ± 5.3

27.1 ± 4.2

Age at menarche

 mean ± SD

12.3 ± 1.4

12.7 ± 1.3

Parity

 mean ± SD

2.4 ± 1.6

3.6 ± 2.1

 Nuliparous; n (%)

18 (18%)

1 (5%)

Age at first pregnancy

 mean ± SD

21 ± 5.4

23 ± 5.6

 Breastfeeding; n (%)

48/76 (63%)

11/20 (55%)

 Contraceptive use; n (%)

38/97 (39%)

8/20 (40%)

 Smoking; n (%)

17 (17%)

7 (32%)

Histology; n (%)

 Ductal

80/90 (89%)

18/22 (82%)

 Other

10/90 (11%)

4/22 (18%)

Nuclear Grade; n (%)

 2

31/80 (39%)

18/21 (86%)

 3

42/80 (53%)

2/21 (10%)

Stage; n (%)

 0

1/101 (1%)

1. (0)

 I–II

57/101 (56%)

17/22 (77)

 III

39/101 (39%)

5/22 (23)

 IV

4/101 (4%)

0 (0)

T; n (%)

 0–1

29/100 (29%)

11/22 (50)

 2

37/100 (37%)

7/22 (32)

 3

25/100 (25%)

3/22 (14)

 4

9/100 (9%)

1/22 (4)

N; n (%)

 Positive

59/99 (60%)

12/22 (55%)

IHC; n (%)

 ER (+)

52/95 (55%)

22/22 (100%)

 PR (+)

47/95 (49%)

21/22 (95%)

 HER (+)

19/93 (20%)

5/22 (23%)

 Triple negative

30/93 (32%)

0 (0%)

Surgery type; n (%)

 Radical mastectomy

80/99 (81%)

10/22 (45%)

 Breast conservative

18/99 (18%)

12/22 (55%)

Chemotherapy; n (%)

 Neoadjuvant

28/100 (28%)

4/22 (18%)

 Adjuvant

62/100 (62%)

15/22 (68%)

 Anthrac. based

9/62 (15%)

7/15 (40%)

 Anthrac/Taxane.

45/62 (72%)

6/15 (47%)

  1. SD standard deviation, IHC immunohistochemical analysis, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor; all means, and proportions were estimated for all the patients in each group, unless otherwise specified in the table