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Table 2 Breast cancer characteristics by tumor marker status: EPIC-Heidelberg nested case-control study

From: Circulating 27-hydroxycholesterol and breast cancer tissue expression of CYP27A1, CYP7B1, LXR-β, and ERβ: results from the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort

 

All cases

CYP27A1

  

CYP7B1

  

LXR-β

  

ERβ

  

Negative

Positive

pa

Negative

Positive

pa

Negative

Positive

pa

Negative

Positive

pa

N

287

201

72

 

157

86

 

123

164

 

84

203

 

Age at diagnosis

 

58.84 ± 7.69

59.35 ± 8.81

0.71

59.22 ± 8.23

60.51 ± 7.66

0.28

58.76 ± 8.08

59.39 ± 8.01

0.57

60.12 ± 7.59

58.68 ± 8.20

0.22

Receptor subtype

 ER+

236

166 (83.0)

58 (80.6)

0.72

129 (82.2)

74 (86.0)

0.47

102 (82.9)

134 (82.2)

1.00

68 (81.0)

168 (83.2)

0.73

 ER−

50

34 (17.0)

14 (19.4)

 

28 (17.8)

12 (14.0)

 

21 (17.1)

29 (17.8)

 

16 (19.0)

34 (16.8)

 

 ER+/PR+

206

142 (82.6)

52 (81.3)

0.85

111 (81.0)

69 (88.5)

0.18

87 (82.9)

119 (82.6)

1.00

59 (80.8)

147 (83.5)

0.59

 ER−/PR−

43

30 (17.4)

12 (18.8)

 

26 (19.0)

9 (11.5)

 

18 (17.1)

25 (17.4)

 

14 (19.2)

29 (16.5)

 

 PR+

213

146 (73.0)

54 (75.0)

0.88

113 (72.0)

72 (83.7)

0.04

90 (73.2)

123 (75.5)

0.68

61 (72.6)

152 (75.2)

0.66

 PR−

73

54 (27.0)

18 (25.0)

 

44 (28.0)

14 (16.3)

 

33 (26.8)

40 (24.5)

 

23 (27.4)

50 (24.8)

 

 HER2+

46

36 (18.0)

9 (12.5)

0.36

26 (16.6)

14 (16.3)

1.00

19 (15.4)

27 (16.6)

0.87

14 (16.7)

32 (15.8)

0.86

 HER2−

240

164 (82.0)

63 (87.5)

 

131 (83.4)

72 (83.7)

 

104 (84.6)

136 (83.4)

 

70 (83.3)

170 (84.2)

 

 ER−/PR−/HER2−

31

19 (9.5)

11 (15.3)

0.19

17 (10.8)

6 (7.0)

0.21

12 (9.8)

19 (11.7)

0.70

9 (10.7)

22 (10.9)

1.00

 ER+ or PR+ or HER2+

255

181 (90.5)

61 (84.7)

 

140 (89.2)

80 (93.0)

 

111 (90.2)

144 (88.3)

 

75 (89.3)

180 (89.1)

 

Ki67

 Low

46

34 (17.7)

12 (18.5)

0.85

23 (16.3)

8 (9.6)

0.23

15 (14.0)

31 (19.6)

0.25

11 (15.1)

35 (18.2)

0.59

 High

219

158 (82.3)

53 (81.5)

 

118 (83.7)

75 (90.4)

 

92 (86.0)

127 (80.4)

 

62 (84.9)

157 (81.8)

 

bcl2

 Low

165

121 (62.7)

40 (59.7)

0.66

79 (56.4)

54 (64.3)

0.26

71 (64.5)

94 (60.3)

0.52

35 (49.3)

130 (66.7)

0.01

 High

101

72 (37.3)

27 (40.3)

 

61 (43.6)

30 (35.7)

 

39 (35.5)

62 (39.7)

 

36 (50.7)

65 (33.3)

 

p53

 Low

52

43 (22.4)

8 (11.6)

0.05

31 (22.0)

12 (14.3)

0.17

19 (17.6)

33 (20.9)

0.53

13 (18.3)

39 (20.0)

0.86

 High

214

149 (77.6)

61 (88.4)

 

110 (78.0)

72 (85.7)

 

89 (82.4)

125 (79.1)

 

58 (81.7)

156 (80.0)

 

Breast cancer stage

 Local

175

119 (61.0)

44 (61.1)

0.46

94 (60.6)

56 (68.3)

0.53

82 (67.2)

93 (58.5)

0.12

43 (53.1)

132 (66.0)

0.07

 Regional

100

73 (37.4)

25 (34.7)

 

57 (36.8)

25 (30.5)

 

36 (29.5)

64 (40.3)

 

35 (43.2)

65 (32.5)

 

 Metastasis

6

3 (1.5)

3 (4.2)

 

4 (2.6)

1 (1.2)

 

4 (3.3)

2 (1.3)

 

3 (3.7)

3 (1.5)

 

Breast cancer grade

 Grade I

38

30 (15.0)

7 (9.9)

0.41

21 (13.4)

15 (17.6)

0.64

18 (14.8)

20 (12.3)

0.06

7 (8.3)

31 (15.4)

0.28

 Grade II

163

114 (57.0)

39 (54.9)

 

87 (55.4)

43 (50.6)

 

77 (63.1)

86 (52.8)

 

50 (59.5)

113 (56.2)

 

 Grade III

84

56 (28.0)

25 (35.2)

 

49 (31.2)

27 (31.8)

 

27 (22.1)

57 (35.0)

 

27 (32.1)

57 (28.4)

 

Breast cancer morphology

 Ductal

202

142 (70.6)

54 (75)

0.19

109 (69.4)

59 (68.6)

0.68

83 (67.5)

119 (72.6)

0.21

61 (72.6)

141 (69.5)

0.48

 Lobular

56

36 (17.9)

15 (20.8)

 

29 (18.5)

19 (22.1)

 

23 (18.7)

33 (20.1)

 

13 (15.5)

43 (21.2)

 

 Other

29

23 (11.4)

3 (4.2)

 

19 (12.1)

8 (9.3)

 

17 (13.8)

12 (7.3)

 

10 (11.9)

19 (9.4)

 
  1. aFisher’s exact tests for categorical variable [n (%)] or Welch’s t-test for continuous variable [mean ± std]; Missing: ER = 1, PR = 1, HER2 = 1, TNBC = 1, breast cancer stage = 6, breast cancer grade = 2, Ki67 = 22, bcl2 = 21, p53 = 21, CYP7B1 = 44, CYP27A1 = 14