Molecular phenotypes and clinical characterization of familial hereditary breast cancer among half and full sisters

Table 4 Comparison of breast cancer with lymph node metastasis across subgroups

Variable	NHBC	HBC			Total
Variable	NHBC	CHBC	NCHBC	CHBC + NCHBC	Total
Patients, n	152	18	20	38	190
Lymph node metastasis, n
Positive	51	10	10	20	71
Negative	101	8	10	18	119
	X² = 4.73 P < 0.05	X² = 3.39 *P > 0.05	X² = 2.09 **P > 0.05	X² = 0.12 ^#P > 0.05

HBC hereditary breast cancer, NHBC non-hereditary breast cancer, CHBC contemporaneous hereditary breast cancer, NCHBC non-contemporaneous hereditary breast cancer
P = NHBC versus HBC, *P = NHBC versus CHBC, **P = NHBC versus NCHBC, ^#P = CHBC versus NCHBC

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