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Table 3 Correlation between lipophilic statins user and clinicopathological features

From: Impact of oral statin therapy on clinical outcomes in patients with cT1 breast cancer

Parameters

Lipophilic statins

p value

Non-user (n = 658)

User (n = 61)

Age at operation (years old)

  

< 0.001

  ≤ 60

388 (59.0%)

5 (8.2%)

 

  > 60

270 (41.0%)

56 (91.8%)

 

Tumor size (mm)

  

0.450

  ≤ 10.0

196 (29.8%)

21 (34.4%)

 

  > 10.0

462 (70.2%)

40 (65.6%)

 

Estrogen receptor

  

0.247

 Negative

101 (15.3%)

6 (9.8%)

 

 Positive

557 (84.7%)

55 (90.2%)

 

Progesterone receptor

  

0.548

 Negative

296 (45.0%)

25 (41.0%)

 

 Positive

362 (55.0%)

36 (59.0%)

 

HER2

  

0.228

 Negative

595 (90.4%)

58 (95.1%)

 

 Positive

63 (9.6%)

3 (4.9%)

 

Ki67

  

0.554

  ≤ 20%

538 (81.8%)

48 (78.7%)

 

  > 20%

120 (18.2%)

13 (21.3%)

 

Intrinsic subtype HR + BC

  

0.367

 No

92 (14.0%)

6 (9.8%)

 

 Yes

566 (86.0%)

55 (90.2%)

 

Intrinsic subtype HR-HER2 + BC

  

0.107

 No

631 (95.9%)

61 (100.0%)

 

 Yes

27 (4.1%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Intrinsic subtype TNBC

  

0.992

 No

593 (90.1%)

55 (90.2%)

 

 Yes

65 (9.9%)

6 (9.8%)

 

Lymph vascular invasion

  

0.504

 No

481 (73.1%)

47 (77.0%)

 

 Yes

177 (26.9%)

14 (23.0%)

 

Hyperlipidemia

  

< 0.001

 No

572 (86.9%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 Yes

86 (13.1%)

61 (100.0%)

 

Multiple medicine types for hyperlipidemia

  

0.003

 No

653 (99.2%)

58 (95.1%)

 

 Yes

5 (0.8%)

3 (4.9%)

 

Hydrophilic statins

  

0.007

 Non-user

587 (89.2%)

61 (100.0%)

 

 User

71 (10.8%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Fibrate

  

0.862

 Non-user

649 (98.6%)

60 (98.4%)

 

 User

9 (1.4%)

1 (1.6%)

 

Nicotinic acid (tocopherol acetate)

  

0.055

 Non-user

653 (99.2%)

59 (96.7%)

 

 User

5 (0.8%)

2 (3.3%)

 

Sterol absorption inhibitors (ezetimibe)

  

0.454

 Non-user

652 (99.1%)

61 (100.0%)

 

 User

6 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

 
  1. HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. HR + BC Hormone receptor-positive breast cancer (ER+ and/or PgR+). HR-HER2 + BC Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-enriched breast cancer (ER-, PgR-, and HER2+), TNBC Triple negative breast cancer (ER-, PgR-, and HER2-)