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Table 1 Patient profiles by pCR status (N = 475)

From: Machine learning prediction of pathological complete response and overall survival of breast cancer patients in an underserved inner-city population

Patient characteristics

N (%)

% pCR

% no pCR

p value

All patients with pCR data

475 (100%)

27.4%

72.6%

–

Age, years (median 55.7 [IQR 17.57])

0.20

 ≥ 50

319 (67.2%)

25.4%

74.6%

 < 50

156 (32.8%)

31.4%

68.6%

Race (n, %)

0.87

 Hispanic white

96 (20.2%%)

25.0%

75.0%

 Non-Hispanic white

64 (13.5%)

21.9%

78.1%

 Black

263 (55.4%)

28.5%

71.5%

 Asian

22 (4.6%)

31.8%

68.2%

 Other

30 (6.3%)

33.3%

66.7%

Ethnicity (n, %)

1.0

 Hispanic

164 (34.5%)

27.4%

72.6%

 Not Hispanic

311 (65.5%)

27.3%

72.7%

Clinical T-stage (n, %)

0.09

 T1

66 (14.0%)

30.0%

70.0%

 T2

240 (51.1%)

31.0%

69.0%

 T3 and T4

176 (34.9%)

21.3%

78.7%

Clinical N Stage (n, %)

0.31

 N0

157 (33.0%)

32.5%

67.5%

 N1

243 (51.2%)

24.7%

75.3%

 N2

37 (7.8%)

21.6%

78.4%

 N3

38 (8.0%)

28.9%

71.1%

Nottingham grade (n, %)

0.09

 Grade 1

5 (1.2%)

0.0%

100.0%

 Grade 2

129 (31.5%)

21.7%

78.3%

 Grade 3

276 (67.3%)

29.7%

70.3%

Tumor subtype groups (n, %)

< 0.001

 ER−/HER2+ (± PR+)

69 (15.1%)

56.5%

43.5%

 ER+/HER2+ (± PR+)

87 (19.0%)

23.0%

77.0%

 ER+/HER2− (± PR+)

130 (28.4%)

8.5%

91.5%

 ER−/HER2− (PR−) (triple negative)

171 (37.4%)

31.0%

69.0%

BPE pre-NAC (n, %)

0.009

 Mild

163 (63.0%)

35.6%

64.4%

 Moderate

83 (32.0%)

24.1%

75.9%

 Marked

13 (5.0%)

0.0%

100.0%

MRI tumor size (LD, cm) (n, %)

0.003

 Small (≤ 2)

38 (15.8%)

34.2%

65.8%

 Medium (> 2 to 5)

148 (61.7%)

35.1%

64.9%

 Large (> 5)

54 (22.5%)

11.1%

88.9%

Annual income

0.77

 First quintile ($21,846.00–$34.860.00)

87 (21.5%)

33.3%

66.7%

 Second quintile ($34,860.00–$42,639.00)

100 (24.7%)

25.0%

75.0%

 Third quintile ($42,639.00–$58,814.20)

55 (13.6%)

29.1%

70.9%

 Fourth quintile ($58,814.20–$70,107.00)

81 (20.0%)

27.2%

72.8%

 Fifth quintile ($70,107.00–$218,493.00)

82 (20.2%)

30.5%

69.5%

Insurance type

0.58

 Private

139 (34.5%)

28.1%

71.9%

 Medicaid

209 (51.9%)

30.6%

69.4%

 Medicare

51 (12.7%)

23.5%

76.5%

 Uninsured

4 (1.0%)

50%

50.0%

  1. p values indicate comparison between pCR versus non-pCR by χ2 test