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Table 1 Baseline patient demographics and tumor characteristics. SD, standard deviation; IDC, intraductal carcinoma; ILC, intralobular carcinoma; ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; Her 2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2

From: Epidemiological, clinical, and pathological characteristics of invasive breast cancer in Bedouin and Jewish women in southern Israel: a retrospective comparative study

Patient and

Tumor Characteristics

All

N = 1705

Jewish

N = 1514

Bedouin

N = 191

p value

Age, yrs, mean (SD)

59.5 (14.6)

60.8 (14.3)

49.6 (13.8)

< 0.001

Tumor type, n (%)

   

0.26

IDC

ILC

Others

1489 (87.3%)

149 (8.8%)

67 (3.9%)

1322 (87.3%)

136 (9%)

56 (3.7%)

167 (87.4%)

13 (6.8%)

11 (5.8%)

 

ER positive, n (%)

1375 (80.6%)

1221 (80.6%)

154 (80.6%)

1

PR positive, n (%)

1205 (70.7%)

1058 (69.9%)

147 (77%)

0.04

HER 2 positive, n (%)

367 (21.5%)

317 (20.9%)

50 (26.2%)

0.11

Triple Negative

175 (10.3%)

161 (10.6%)

14 (7.3%)

0.17

Tumor Stage, n (%)

   

0.02

T1

T2

T3

T4

865 (52.3%)

486 (29.4%)

74 (4.5%)

228 (13.8%)

769 (52%)

433 (30%)

72 (6%)

193 (12%)

96 (51%)

53 (29%)

2 (1%)

35 (19%)

 

Tumor Size (cm)

2.17 (1.51)

2.13 (1.49)

2.50 (1.60)

< 0.001

Nodal Stage, n (%)

   

0.035

0

1

2

3

921 (57.8%)

503 (31.6%)

121 (7.6%)

49 (3.1%)

836 (60%)

435 (30.7%)

105 (7.4%)

41 (2.9%)

85 (48%)

68 (38.4%)

16 (9%)

8 (4.5%)

 

Metastasis

229 (13.4%)

193 (12.7%)

36 (18.8%)

0.03