Table 2 Patient characteristics, by subtype

From: Racial disparity in pro-metastatic tumor microenvironment in treatment naïve breast cancer

 

ER + /HER2-

TNBC

HER2 + 

 

White

Black

P-value

White

Black

P-value

White

Black

P-value

(N = 99)

(N = 101)

(N = 24)

(N = 60)

(N = 22)

(N = 23)

Institution

  

<0.001

  

0.07

  

0.07

 Cornell

16 (16.2%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

2 (9.1%)

0 (0%)

 

 Montefiore

16 (16.2%)

48 (47.5%)

 

7 (29.2%)

34 (56.7%)

 

3 (13.6%)

8 (34.8%)

 

 MSKCC

52 (52.5%)

44 (43.6%)

 

16 (66.7%)

24 (40.0%)

 

9 (40.9%)

12 (52.2%)

 

 NYU

15 (15.2%)

9 (8.9%)

 

1 (4.2%)

2 (3.3%)

 

8 (36.4%)

3 (13.0%)

 

Distant recurrence

  

0.05

  

0.92

  

0.007

Yes

53 (53.5%)

39 (38.6%)

 

13 (54.2%)

30 (50.0%)

 

16 (72.7%)

7 (30.4%)

 

No

46 (46.5%)

62 (61.4%)

 

11 (45.8%)

30 (50.0%)

 

6 (27.3%)

16 (69.6%)

 

Age (years)

  

0.64

  

0.86

  

0.56

 Mean (SD)

56.2 (13.5)

57.3 (13.9)

 

60.0 (15.5)

59.0 (11.9)

 

56.4 (13.9)

54.1 (11.3)

 

 Median

56

58

 

63

57

 

55.5

55

 

 [Min, Max]

[26.0, 89.0]

[29.0, 88.0]

[36.0, 89.0]

[36.0, 84.0]

[30.0, 76.0]

[34.0, 73.0]

Body mass index

  

0.02

  

<0.001

  

0.08

 Mean (SD)

27.6 (6.42)

29.3 (5.98)

 

24.4 (4.10)

32.3 (6.69)

 

29.3 (6.34)

33.9 (8.10)

 

 Median

26.3

28.3

 

23.2

32.1

 

30.3

32.7

 

 [Min, Max]

[18.7, 51.7]

[15.4, 43.9]

[19.1, 32.8]

[21.1, 56.8]

[17.5, 41.0]

[22.0, 51.1]

 Missing

17 (17.2%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

1 (1.7%)

 

2 (9.1%)

2 (8.7%)

 

Time to distant recurrence (months)

  

0.02

  

0.84

  

0.06

 Mean (SD)

53.9 (35.3)

36.9 (33.0)

 

24.4 (21.5)

25.9 (20.2)

 

54.9 (36.6)

29.0 (24.5)

 

 Median

51

30

 

14

19.5

 

43

28

 

 [Min, Max]

[3, 163]

[0, 133]

[1, 77]

[2, 89]

[2, 136]

[0, 60]

Surgery type

  

0.4

  

0.11

  

0.33

 BCT/Lumpectomy

56 (56.6%)

64 (63.4%)

 

14 (58.3%)

43 (71.7%)

 

8 (36.4%)

13 (56.5%)

 

 Lumpectomy followed by mastectomy

1 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

 

1 (4.2%)

6 (10.0%)

 

1 (4.5%)

2 (8.7%)

 

 Mastectomy

41 (41.4%)

37 (36.6%)

 

9 (37.5%)

10 (16.7%)

 

13 (59.1%)

8 (34.8%)

 

 Missing

1 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

1 (1.7%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Radiation

  

1

  

0.23

  

0.22

 Yes

67 (67.7%)

69 (68.3%)

 

16 (66.7%)

49 (81.7%)

 

10 (45.5%)

16 (69.6%)

 

 No

27 (27.3%)

28 (27.7%)

 

8 (33.3%)

11 (18.3%)

 

11 (50.0%)

7 (30.4%)

 

 Missing

5 (5.1%)

4 (4.0%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

1 (4.5%)

0 (0%)

 

Tumor stage (pT)

  

0.41

  

0.66

  

0.45

 T1 ( < 2 cm)

48 (48.5%)

50 (49.5%)

 

14 (58.3%)

34 (56.7%)

 

8 (36.4%)

13 (56.5%)

 

 T2 (2–5 cm)

48 (48.5%)

44 (43.6%)

 

10 (41.7%)

24 (40.0%)

 

12 (54.5%)

9 (39.1%)

 

 T3 ( > 5 cm)

3 (3.0%)

7 (6.9%)

 

0 (0%)

2 (3.3%)

 

2 (9.1%)

1 (4.3%)

 

Lymph node status (pN)

  

0.2

  

0.76

  

0.23

 Positive

47 (47.5%)

58 (57.4%)

 

10 (41.7%)

29 (48.3%)

 

11 (50.0%)

8 (34.8%)

 

 Negative

49 (49.5%)

40 (39.6%)

 

14 (58.3%)

31 (51.7%)

 

9 (40.9%)

15 (65.2%)

 

 Missing

3 (3.0%)

3 (3.0%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

2 (9.1%)

0 (0%)

 

Tumor grade

  

0.32

  

1

  

0.67

 High

43 (43.4%)

53 (52.5%)

 

20 (83.3%)

54 (90.0%)

 

18 (81.8%)

20 (87.0%)

 

 Low-intermediate

54 (54.5%)

48 (47.5%)

 

3 (12.5%)

6 (10.0%)

 

4 (18.2%)

3 (13.0%)

 

 Missing

2 (2.0%)

0 (0%)

 

1 (4.2%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Follow up time (months)

  

0.69

  

0.98

  

0.23

 Mean (SD)

102 (46.4)

100 (50.6)

 

97.6 (56.7)

96.3 (59.2)

 

95.2 (42.7)

114 (47.7)

 

 Median

97.7

103

 

112

106

 

85.2

122

 

 [Min, Max]

[12, 198]

[3, 204]

[17, 165]

[10, 199]

[33, 182]

[30, 173]

  1. Wilcoxon rank sum test is used for continuous variables Chi-squared tests or Fisher’s exact tests are used for categorical variables Patients with missing data on distant recurrences were not included in analysis (1 patient)SDStandard deviation,pTpathological tumor stage,pNpathological lymph node status,ER+Estrogen receptor positive,TNBCTriple negetive breast cancer