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Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristics in the premenopausal women

From: Differences in breast carcinoma immunohistochemical subtypes between immigrant Arab and European women

 

European

Arabic/Moroccan

P-value

Number

86

56

 

Mean age (SD)

43 (4)

42 (15)

NS

Mean size (SD)

22 (14)

24 (17)

NS

pT

   

< 20 mm

47 (55%)

30 (54%)

NS

≥ 20 mm

39 (45%)

26 (46%)

 

Tumor grade

   

G1

12 (14%)

1 (2%)

0.02

G2

42 (49%)

27 (48%)

NS

G3

32 (37%)

28 (50%)

NS

Nodes

   

N positive

23 (27%)

18 (32%)

NS

N Negative

63 (73%)

38 (68%)

 

Estrogen receptors

   

Positive (>1%)

71 (83%)

45 (80%)

NS

Negative

15 (17%)

11 (20%)

 

Progesterone receptors

   

Positive (>1%)

61 (71%)

37 (66%)

NS

Negative

25 (29%)

19 (34%)

 

Mean Ki-67 (SD)

24 (18)

29 (20)

0.04

Molecular classification

   

Luminal A

35 (41%)

10 (18%)

0.01

Luminal B

36 (42%)

35 (63%)

0.02

HER2

4 (4%)

3 (5%)

NS

Triple negative

11 (13%)

8 (14%)

NS