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Table 2 Tumor characteristics of breast cancer cases according to mammographic breast density among women in Karachi Pakistan (n = 178)

From: Factors associated with mammographic breast density among women in Karachi Pakistan

Hormonal receptor (IHC)

Fatty/fibroglandular (n = 178)

Heterogeneously dense (n = 198)

Dense (n = 101)

p value*

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

ER

   

0.428

Positive

41 (65.1)

59 (73.8)

22 (75.9)

 

Negative

22 (34.9)

21 (26.3)

7 (24.1)

 

PR

   

0.164

Positive

37 (58.7)

59 (73.8)

19 (65.5)

 

Negative

26 (41.3)

21 (26.3)

10 (34.5)

 

Her2

   

0.65

Positive

10 (17.5)

16 (23.2)

7 (25.0)

 

Negative

47 (82.5)

53 (76.8)

21 (75.0)

 

TNBC

   

0.113

TNBC

17 (27)

11 (14.1)

4 (13.8)

 

Non-TNBC

46 (73)

67 (85.9)

25 (86.2)

 
  1. BI-RADS: Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (fatty and scattered glandular dense = categories A and B, heterogeneously dense = C, dense = D); TN: triple-negative; ER: estrogen receptor; PR: progesterone receptor; HER2: human epidermal growth factor 2; chi-square test*