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Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics comparison between black and white women

From: Failure patterns and survival outcomes in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC): a 15 year comparison of 448 non-Hispanic black and white women

Characteristic

% (n)

Black  % (n)

White  % (n)

p value

Racea

100 (448)

   

 Black

 

49 (218)

  

 White

  

51 (230)

 

Age (years)

 ≤40

18 (79)

17 (36)

19 (43)

0.0004

 41–60

59 (264)

67 (147)

51 (117)

 

 ≥61

23 (105)

16 (35)

30 (70)

 

Stage

 I

19 (87)

16 (35)

23 (52)

0.026

 II

47 (212)

53 (116)

42 (96)

 

 III

28 (125)

28 (60)

28 (66)

 

 IV

5 (24)

3 (7)

7 (17)

 

Grade (differentiation)

 1 (Well)

1 (6)

1 (2)

2 (4)

0.79

 2 (Moderately)

10 (45)

10 (21)

10 (24)

 

 3 (Poorly)

89 (397)

89 (195)

88 (202)

 
  1. Fisher’s exact test
  2. aNon-Hispanic