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Table 4 Difference in clinicopathological features due to pack-years

From: Clinical verification of the relationship between smoking and the immune microenvironment of breast cancer

Parameters

Smoker

p value

Pack-years

p value

Yes (n = 44)

No (n = 105)

High (n = 43)

Low (n = 106)

Age (years old)

 ≤ 56

24 (54.5%)

51 (48.6%)

0.509

24 (55.8%)

51 (48.1%)

0.398

 > 56

20 (45.5%)

54 (51.4%)

19 (44.2%)

55 (51.9%)

Tumour size (mm)

 ≤ 27.6

25 (56.8%)

50 (47.6%)

0.309

25 (58.1%)

50 (47.2%)

0.228

 > 27.6

19 (43.2%)

55 (52.4%)

18 (41.9%)

56 (52.8%)

Skin infiltration

 Negative

40 (90.9%)

94 (89.5%)

0.799

40 (93.0%)

94 (88.7%)

0.428

 Positive

4 (9.1%)

11 (10.5%)

3 (7.0%)

12 (11.3%)

Lymph node status

 Negative

18 (40.9%)

33 (31.4%)

0.269

18 (41.9%)

33 (31.1%)

0.214

 Positive

26 (59.1%)

72 (68.6%)

25 (58.1%)

73 (68.9%)

Ki67

 Negative

6 (13.6%)

17 (16.2%)

0.69

6 (14.0%)

17 (16.0%)

0.752

 Positive

38 (86.4%)

88 (83.8%)

 

37 (86.0%)

89 (84.0%)

 

Intrinsic subtype

 HER2-enriched

22 (50.0%)

40 (38.1%)

0.181

22 (51.2%)

40 (37.7%)

0.134

 Triple-negative

22 (50.0%)

65 (61.9%)

21 (48.8%)

66 (62.3%)

ORR

 Non-responders

3 (6.8%)

8 (7.6%)

0.866

3 (7.0%)

8 (7.5%)

0.905

 Responders

41 (93.2%)

97 (92.4%)

40 (93.0%)

98 (92.5%)

pCR

 Negative

17 (38.6%)

58 (55.2%)

0.065

16 (37.2%)

59 (55.7%)

0.042

 Positive

27 (61.4%)

47 (44.8%)

 

27 (62.8%)

47 (44.3%)

 

Recurrence

 Negative

40 (90.9%)

83 (79.0%)

0.083

39 (90.7%)

84 (79.2%)

0.096

 Positive

4 (9.1%)

22 (21.0%)

4 (9.3%)

22 (20.8%)

TILs

 Low

13 (29.6%)

45 (42.9%)

0.075

12 (27.9%)

46 (43.4%)

0.043

 High

31 (70.5%)

60 (57.1%)

31 (72.1%)

60 (56.6%)

  1. HER human epidermal growth factor receptor, ORR objective response rate, pCR pathological complete response, TILs tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes