Table 3 Difference in clinicopathological features due to body mass index categorized in TNBC
hba | Body mass index (kg/m2) | p value | Body mass index (kg/m2 | p value | Body mass index (kg/m2) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤ 18.5 (n = 17) | >  18.5 (n = 109) | ≤ 25 (n = 98) | >  25 (n = 28) | ≤ 30 (n = 123) | >  30 (n = 3) | ||||
Age (years old) | 0.258 | ||||||||
  ≤ 60 | 11 (64.7%) | 78 (71.6%) |  | 67 (68.4%) | 22 (78.6%) |  | 86 (69.9%) | 3 (100.0%) | |
  > 60 | 6 (35.3%) | 31 (28.4%) | 0.564 | 31 (31.6%) | 6 (21.4%) | 0.296 | 37 (30.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Tumor size (mm) | 0.433 | ||||||||
  ≤ 20.0 | 4 (23.5%) | 17 (15.6%) |  | 18 (18.4%) | 3 (10.7%) |  | 20 (16.3%) | 1 (33.3%) | |
  > 20.0 | 13 (76.5%) | 92 (84.4%) | 0.414 | 80 (81.6%) | 25 (89.3%) | 0.338 | 103 (83.7%) | 2 (66.7%) | |
Skin infiltration | 0.519 | ||||||||
 Negative | 13 (76.5%) | 98 (89.9%) |  | 88 (89.8%) | 23 (82.1%) |  | 108 (87.8%) | 3 (100.0%) | |
 Positive | 4 (23.5%) | 11 (10.1%) | 0.112 | 10 (10.2%) | 5 (17.9%) | 0.270 | 15 (12.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Lymph node status | 0.952 | ||||||||
 Negative | 4 (23.5%) | 36 (33.0%) |  | 32 (32.7%) | 8 (28.6%) |  | 39 (31.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | |
 Positive | 13 (76.5%) | 73 (67.0%) | 0.434 | 66 (67.3%) | 20 (71.4%) | 0.682 | 84 (68.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | |
Ki67 | 0.695 | ||||||||
  ≤ 14% | 2 (11.8%) | 28 (25.7%) |  | 24 (24.5%) | 6 (21.4%) |  | 29 (23.6%) | 1 (33.3%) | |
  > 14% | 15 (88.2%) | 81 (74.3%) | 0.210 | 74 (75.5%) | 22 (78.6%) | 0.737 | 94 (76.4%) | 2 (66.7%) | |
Objective response rate | 0.504 | ||||||||
 Non-Responders | 6 (35.3%) | 10 (9.2%) |  | 14 (14.3%) | 2 (7.1%) |  | 16 (13.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
 Responders | 11 (64.7%) | 99 (90.8%) | 0.003 | 84 (85.7%) | 26 (92.9%) | 0.317 | 107 (87.0%) | 3 (100.0%) | |
Pathological response | 0.777 | ||||||||
 Non-pCR | 9 (52.9%) | 65 (59.6%) |  | 58 (59.2%) | 16 (57.1%) |  | 72 (58.5%) | 2 (66.7%) | |
 pCR | 8 (47.1%) | 44 (40.4%) | 0.602 | 40 (40.8%) | 12 (42.9%) | 0.847 | 51 (41.5%) | 1 (33.3%) | |
TILs | 0.100 | ||||||||
 Low | 12 (70.6%) | 47 (43.1%) |  | 50 (51.0%) | 9 (32.1%) |  | 59 (48.0%) | 0 (73.7%) | |
 High | 5 (29.4%) | 62 (56.9%) | 0.035 | 48 (49.0%) | 19 (67.9%) | 0.077 | 64 (52.0%) | 3 (100.0%) | |