Table 3 |
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Rare allele carriage rates in subgroups of invasive breast cancer |
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Tumour Severity |
Rare allele carriage rates (%) |
Test statistic (p value)# |
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Tumour size |
Less than 2 cm |
68/414 (16.4%) |
p = 0.94$ |
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2 to 5 cm |
42/270 (15.6%) |
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More than 5 cm |
2/17 (11.8%) |
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Tumour Grade |
Grade 1 |
28/149 (18.8%) |
×2 = 1.99; p = 0.37 |
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Grade 2 |
57/329 (17.3%) |
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Grade 3 |
33/239 (13.8%) |
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Nodal Invasion |
Absent |
82/498 (16.5%) |
×2 = 0.23; p = 0.63 |
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Present |
40/219 (18.3%) |
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Vascular invasion |
Absent |
86/515 (16.7%) |
×2 = 1.06; p = 0.30 |
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Present |
17/135 (12.6%) |
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Oestrogen Receptor Status |
Present |
48/264 (18.2%) |
×2 = 0.91; p = 0.34 |
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Absent |
13/98 (13.3%) |
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# Pearson's chi-square test (with Yates correction where applicable) $ Fisher's exact test. |
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Balasubramanian et al. BMC Cancer 2007 7:107 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-7-107 |
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