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Table 2 Differences in clinicopathological features due to serum lipid control

From: Relationship between serum lipid levels and the immune microenvironment in breast cancer patients: a retrospective study

 

Serum lipid control (n = 120)

 
 

Poor (n = 64)

Good (n = 56)

p value

Age at diagnosis (year)

 ≤65 / >65

21(32.8%) / 43(67.2%)

21(37.5%) / 35(62.5%)

p = 0.702

BMI (kg/m2)

 ≤25.1 / >25.1

28(44.4%) / 35(55.6%)

32(57.1%) / 24(42.9%)

p = 0.200

Diabetes

 Negative / Positive

46(71.9%) / 18(28.1%)

39(69.6%) / 17(30.4%)

p = 0.842

Adjuvant therapy received

 No / Yes

17(26.6%) / 47(73.4%)

14(25.0%) / 42(75.0%)

p = 0.845

Serum lipid levels (preoperative)

 High / Low, normal

43(67.2%) / 21(32.8%)

23(41.1%) / 33(58.9%)

p = 0.006

Tumor size (cm)

 ≤2 / >2

37(57.8%) / 27(42.2%)

35(62.5%) / 21(37.5%)

p = 0.709

Lymph node status

 Negative / Positive

42(65.6%) / 22(34.4%)

43(76.8%) / 13(23.2%)

p = 0.228

NLR (postoperative)

 High / Low

49(76.6%) / 15(23.4%)

30(53.6%) / 26(46.4%)

p = 0.012

TILs

 Low / High

45(73.8%) / 16(26.2%)

38(69.1%) / 17(30.9%)

p = 0.681

  1. BMI body mass index, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, TILs tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes