Table 2 Breast cancer characteristics (a total of 2833 invasive breast cancer) by diabetes status identified from CMS data

From: Pre-existing diabetes and breast cancer prognosis among elderly women

 

No diabetes (2534 patients)

Diabetes (299 patients)

P -value a

Stage

  

0.001

Local

1976 (78.0)

216 (72.2)

 

Regional

534 (21.1)

>=11 ()

 

Advanced

24 (1.0)

<11 ()

 

Tumour size, mm

  

0.13

≤5

319 (12.6)

28 (9.4)

 

>5–10

691 (27.3)

73 (24.4)

 

>10–20

822 (32.4)

100 (33.4)

 

≥20

702 (27.7)

98 (32.8)

 

Positive lymph nodes

  

0.17

No

1977 (78.0)

219 (73.2)

 

Yes

513 (20.2)

73 (24.4)

 

Grade

  

0.09

Well differentiated

682 (26.9)

71 (23.8)

 

Moderately differentiated

1014 (40.0)

144 (48.2)

 

Poorly differentiated

567 (22.4)

55 (18.4)

 

Anaplastic

55 (2.2)

<11 ()

 

Missing

216 (8.5)

>11 ()

 

OEstrogen receptor status

  

0.75

Positive

2042 (80.6)

239 (79.9)

 

Negative

346 (13.7)

40 (13.4)

 

Borderline

<11 ()

<11 ()

 

Unknown/not done/missing

>11 ()

>11 ()

 

Progesterone receptor status

  

0.66

Positive

1736 (68.5)

200 (66.9)

 

Negative

640 (25.3)

75 (25.1)

 

Borderline

12 (0.5)

<11 ()

 

Unknown/not done/missing

146 (5.8)

>11 ()

 

HER2

  

0.02

Positive

300 (11.8)

24 (8.0)

 

Negative

1686 (66.5)

229 (76.6)

 

Borderline

20 (0.8)

<11 ()

 

Unknown/not done/missing

528 (20.8)

>11 ()

 

Mammography interval

  

0.02

<1 year

1316 (51.9)

132 (44.2)

 

1 to <2 years

387 (15.3)

48 (16.1)

 

2 to <5 years

428 (16.9)

71 (23.8)

 

5 or more years or never

403 (15.9)

48 (16.1)

 

Surgery

  

0.10

No surgery

118 (4.7)

18 (6.0)

 

Breast conserving surgery (BCS)

1648 (65.0)

176 (58.9)

 

Mastectomy

768 (30.3)

105 (35.1)

 

Chemotherapy (yes)

565 (22.3)

72 (24.1)

0.48

Radiation (yes)

1486 (58.6)

152 (50.8)

0.01

  1. () The cell sizes were suppressed for confidentiality reasons per the Medicare data usage agreement.
  2. aχ2-test included missing category.