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Table 3 Comparison of age among different geographic regions, molecular subtypes, ER/PR status, and HER2 status

From: Geographic differences in the distribution of molecular subtypes of breast cancer in Brazil

Factor

 

n

Mean ± SD (years)

Significant difference (<0.05) from other factor(s)a

Geographic Region

(1) CW

551

54.3

(5)

 

(2) N

678

53.9

(3)(4)(5)

 

(3) NE

941

55.3

(2)

 

(4) S

1056

55.8

(2)

 

(5) SE

2461

56.1

(1)(2)

Molecular subtype

(1) HER2

505

54.2 ± 12.8

(2)(5)

 

(2) LUM A

1571

58.5 ± 13.0

(1)(3)(4)(5)

 

(3) LUM B

2104

55.7 ± 13.7

(2)(4)(5)

 

(4) TN

894

53.1 ± 13.4

(2)(3)(5)

 

(5) TP

591

51.6 ± 13.0

(1)(2)(3)(4)

ER/PR status

(1) Positive

4610

55.6 ± 13.5

(2)

 

(2) Negative

1077

53.4 ± 13.4

(1)

HER2 status

(1) Positive

1104

52.8 ± 12.9

(2)

 

(2) Negative

4470

56.1 ± 13.6

(1)

  1. aKruskal-Wallis test, p < 0.0001 for all variables.