Table 1 Patient characteristics by BMI categories.
Characteristics | Overall (n = 491) | BMI categories | P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Under-/normal weight | Overweight/obesity | |||
(n = 299) | (n = 192) | |||
Age (years) | 0.002 | |||
<49 | 239 | 162 | 77 | – |
≥49 | 252 | 137 | 115 | – |
Menopausal status | 0.098 | |||
Premenopausal | 291 | 188 | 103 | – |
Postmenopausal | 195 | 109 | 86 | – |
Unknown | 5 | 2 | 3 | – |
Clinical T stage | 0.104 | |||
T1-2 | 372 | 219 | 153 | – |
T3-4 | 119 | 80 | 39 | – |
Nodal status | 0.452 | |||
Negative | 111 | 71 | 40 | – |
Positive | 380 | 228 | 152 | – |
Hormone receptor | 0.132 | |||
Negative | 240 | 138 | 102 | – |
Positive | 251 | 161 | 90 | – |
HER2 staining intensity | 0.425 | |||
2+ | 40 | 22 | 18 | – |
3+ | 451 | 277 | 174 | – |
Ki67 (%) | 0.943 | |||
<40 | 203 | 124 | 79 | – |
≥40 | 288 | 175 | 113 | – |
Neoadjuvant targeted therapy | 0.676 | |||
Trastuzumab | 358 | 216 | 142 | – |
Trastuzumab plus Pertuzumab | 133 | 83 | 50 | – |
Pathological response | 0.008 | |||
Non-pCR | 302 | 170 | 132 | – |
pCR | 189 | 129 | 60 | – |