Table 2 Clinical characteristics. Statistical analysis was performed using Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Fisher’s exact test for continuous and categorical variables, respectively. Cases with X stage in T, N, and M or NA were excluded in the statistical analysis

From: Biological correlates associated with high-risk breast cancer patients identified using a computational method

Characteristics

High risk group (N = 53)

Low risk group (N = 673)

p-value

Diagnosis age (Median)

59

58

0.9565

Survival time (Median)

20.4

28.8

0.0353

Vital status

Living

43

617

0.0211

Deceased

10

56

Race

Asian

3

34

0.0527

African American

16

123

White

31

504

Other/NA

3

12

PAM50 subtype

Luminal A

10

376

7.7E−7

Luminal B

19

121

HER2

6

37

Basal

17

109

Normal-like

1

30

ER status

Negative

14

143

0.3842

Positive

36

491

NA

3

39

PR status

Negative

23

197

0.0267

Positive

26

435

NA

4

41

HER2 status

Equivocal

9

118

0.0316

Indeterminate

1

9

Negative

20

352

Positive

12

70

NA

11

124

T

T1

4

178

0.0008

T2

42

376

T3

4

98

T4

3

19

TX

0

2

N

N0

19

302

0.5169

N1

23

230

N2

6

86

N3

4

47

NX

1

8

M

cM0

0

3

0.5529

M0

34

542

M1

1

9

MX

18

119

Stage

I

0

111

0.0011

II

36

374

III

15

172

IV

1

7

Other/NA

1

9

  1. ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor.