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Table 1 Demographic information

From: LncRNA MEG3 rs3087918 was associated with a decreased breast cancer risk in a Chinese population: a case-control study

Characteristics

Cases (%)

Controls (%)

P value

Number

434

700

 

Age (mean ± SD)

51.95 ± 10.35

51.83 ± 17.28

0.879a

≦49

180 (41.5)

298 (42.6)

 

>49

254 (58.5)

402 (57.4)

0.716

BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

22.38 ± 2.61

22.71 ± 4.00

0.084a

Menopausal status

Premenopausal

157 (36.2)

188 (41.8)

 

Postmenopausal

277 (63.8)

262 (58.2)

0.506

TNM Stage

 I

114 (26.3)

–

–

 II

192 (44.2)

 

–

 III

89 (20.5)

–

–

 IV

39 (9)

–

–

Immunohistochemistry results

 ER

–

142 (32.7)

–

–

+

292 (67.3)

–

–

 PR

–

189 (43.5)

–

–

+

245 (56.5)

–

–

 Her-2

–

250 (57.6)

–

–

+

184 (42.4)

–

–

  1. BMI: body mass index, ER: estrogen receptor, PR: progesterone receptor, Her-2: human epidermal growth factor receptor-2
  2. a Student’s t-test