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Table 3 Distribution of tumor characteristics, and recent mammography among current users of menopausal hormone therapy by type and duration

From: Menopausal hormone therapy in relation to breast cancer characteristics and prognosis: a cohort study

 

Therapy

Duration

 

Estrogen–progestin

Estrogen alone

P valuea

<5 years

≥ 5 years

P valuea

Total

422

92

 

238

284

 

Recent mammography

      

   Yes

301 (75)

55 (66)

0.11

171 (76)

189 (70)

0.13

   No

102 (25)

28 (34)

 

53 (24)

80 (30)

 

Tumor size

      

   ≤ 10 mm

125 (30)

23 (25)

 

61 (26)

90 (32)

 

   11 to 20 mm

186 (44)

51 (56)

0.19

101 (43)

139 (49)

0.010

   21 to 50 mm

102 (24)

15 (16)

 

70 (30)

49 (17)

 

   >50 mm

8 (2)

2 (2)

 

5 (2)

5 (2)

 

Lymph node involvement

      

   0 lymph nodes

289 (70)

60 (67)

 

162 (69)

191 (69)

 

   1 to 3 lymph nodes

86 (21)

24 (27)

0.38

47 (20)

65 (23)

0.36

   >3 lymph nodes

39 (9)

6 (7)

 

25 (11)

21 (8)

 

Grade

      

   1

69 (25)

10 (15)

 

21 (13)

57 (31)

 

   2

99 (37)

32 (48)

0.11

57 (36)

76 (42)

<0.0001

   3

103(38)

24 (36)

 

80 (51)

50 (27)

 

Histology

      

   Ductal

272 (66)

61 (68)

 

17 (74)

166 (60)

 

   Lobular

69 (17)

10 (11)

0.37

34 (15)

46 (17)

0.0007

   Other

73 (18)

19 (21)

 

27 (12)

66 (24)

 

Estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) status

      

   ER-PR-

45 (15)

9 (16)

 

34 (20)

21 (11)

 

   ER+PR-

35 (12)

5 (9)

0.93

25 (15)

15 (8)

0.0062

   ER-PR+

19 (6)

4 (7)

 

13 (8)

10 (5)

 

   ER+PR+

196 (66)

39 (68)

 

99 (58)

140 (75)

 
  1. Data presented as n (%). aGlobal chi-squared P value for type and duration, respectively.