Table 1 Clinical characteristics of analyzed BEST cohort (N = 104)

From: Population-specific patterns in assessing molecular subtypes of young black females with triple-negative breast cancer

 

N

% or Range

Median age/age range

44

21-50

Died in cohort?

Yes

25

24.0%

Recurrent disease in cohort?

Yes

32

30.8%

Stage

I

28

26.9%

II

48

46.2%

III

14

13.5%

IV

5

4.8%

NA

9

8.7%

Chemotherapy exposure prior to specimen inclusion in BEST cohort

No

80

76.9%

Yes

23

22.1%

Unknown

1

0.9%

West African ancestry

High proportion

41

39.4%

Low proportion

47

45.2%

NA

16

14.4%

Obesity Category (per BMI)

Overweight

67

64.4%

Obese

28

26.9%

Normal

8

7.6%

Unknown

1

0.9%