Table 2 Clinical information for women whose NAF samples passed quality filtering.

From: Characterization of the microbiome of nipple aspirate fluid of breast cancer survivors

  

Healthy Control Women (HC)

Women with a History of Breast Cancer (BC)

Age

average (range)

52 (41 to 64)

58 (52 to 66)

Caucasian

n (%)

6 (100%)

6 (100%)

BMI

average ± SD (range)

25.6 ± 8.1 (19.5 to 35.1)

24.3 ± 4.6 (20.6 to 31.3)

Menopausal status

n (%)

  

 Pre-menopausal

 

2 (33.3%)

1 (16.7%)

 Peri-menopausal

 

1 (16.7%)

1 (16.7%)

 Post-menopausal

 

3 (50.0%)

4 (66.6%)

Estrogen Receptor (ER)

n (%)

  

 Positive

 

NA

3 (50.0%)

 Negative

 

NA

3 (50.0%)

Progesterone Receptor (PR)

n (%)

  

 Positive

 

NA

1 (16.7%)

 Negative

 

NA

2 (33.3%)

 Unknown

 

NA

3 (50.0%)

Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)

n (%)

  

 Positive

 

NA

3 (50.0%)

 Negative

 

NA

3 (50.0%)

Breast Feed

n (%)

  

 Yes

 

2 (33.3%)

3 (50.0%)

 No

 

4 (66.7%)

2 (33.3%)

 Unknown

 

0 (00.0%)

1 (16.7%)

Antibiotics in the Past Year

n (%)

  

 Yes

 

3 (50.0%)

1 (16.6%)

 No

 

3 (50.0%)

4 (66.7%)

 Unknown

 

0 (00.0%)

1 (16.7%)

Hormone therapy/Oral contraceptive

n (%)

  

 Yes

 

3 (50.0%)

2 (33.3%)

 No

 

3 (50.0%)

3 (50.0%)

 Unknown

 

0 (00.0%)

1 (16.7%)

Recent Breast Exposure to Mouth by Breast-feeding/Sex

n (%)

  

 Yes

 

3 (50.0%)

3 (50.0%)

 No

 

3 (50.0%)

2 (33.3%)

 Unknown

 

0 (00.0%)

1 (16.7%)

Mother had Breast Cancer

n (%)

  

 Yes

 

2 (33.3%)

1 (16.7%)

 No

 

4 (66.7%)

4 (66.7%)

 Unknown

 

0 (00.0%)

1 (16.7%)

Dense Breast Tissue on Mammogram

n (%)

  

 Yes

 

4 (66.7%)

3 (50.0%)

 No

 

2 (33.3%)

1 (16.7%)

 Unknown

 

0 (00.0%)

2 (33.3%)

  1. Demographics for 6 healthy control women and 6 women with a history of breast cancer whose NAF samples had sufficient reads remaining after quality filtering and background subtraction removing all OTUs detected in the empty control Eppendorf tube.