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Table 2 Baseline of patients characteristics

From: Breast conservation therapy decreased heart-specific mortality in breast cancer patients compared with mastectomy

characteristics

N = 132,616

Mastectomy

N = 47,308(35.7%)

N (%)

BCT

N = 85,308(64.3%)

N (%)

P value

Age at diagnosis (year)

    

≤50

55,601(41.9%)

22,378(47.3%)

33,223(38.9%)

<0.0001

>50

77,015(58.1%)

24,930(52.7%)

52,085(61.6%)

 

Race

    

White

102,334(77.2%)

35,967(76%)

66,367(77.8%)

<0.0001

Black

17,554(13.2%)

6440(13.6%)

11,114(13%)

 

Othersa

12,296(9.3%)

4768(10.1%)

7528(8.8%)

 

Unknown

432(0.3%)

133(0.3%)

299(0.4%)

 

AJCC Stage

    

I

32,445(24.5%)

1459(3.1%)

30,986(36.3%)

<0.0001

II

63,391(47.8%)

18,278(38.6%)

45,113(52.9%)

 

III

36,780(27.7%)

27,571(58.3%)

9209(10.8%)

 

ER status

    

Negative

40,443(30.5%)

13,641(28.8%)

26,802(31.4%)

<0.0001

Positive

92,173(69.5%)

33,667(71.2%)

58,506(68.6%)

 

PR status

    

Negative

54,425(41%)

18,956(40.1%)

35,469(41.6%)

<0.0001

Positive

78,191(59%)

28,352(59.9%)

49,839(58.4%)

 

Marital status

    

Married

83,098(62.7%)

29,055(61.4%)

54,043(63.4%)

<0.0001

Widowed

8460(6.4%)

3213(6.8%)

5247(6.2%)

 

Othersb

36,779(27.7%)

13,507(28.6%)

23,272(27.3%)

 

Unknown

4279(3.2%)

1533(3.2%)

2746(3.2%)

 

Laterality

    

Left

67,337(50.8%)

23,816(50.3%)

43,521(51%)

0.019

Right

65,279(49.2%)

23,492(49.7%)

41,787(49%)

 
  1. a, other includes Latinos, Alaskan native, Asian, American Indian and Pacific Islander. b, others includes divorced, single and unmarried