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Table 2 Demographics of subjects

From: Addressing health disparities in Hispanic breast cancer: accurate and inexpensive sequencing of BRCA1 and BRCA2

 

All

BRCA1 or 2 mutation

Yes

No

Patients

120

12 (10 %)

108 (90 %)

Triple-negative

20 (17 %)

6 (50 %)

14 (13 %)*

ER&PR positive

67 (57 %)

3 (25 %)

64 (61 %)*

HER2 positive

27 (23 %)

0

27 (26 %)*

Histology

   

 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC)

98 (85 %)

11 (92 %)

87 (82 %)

 Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)

11 (9 %)

0

11 (10 %)

 Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC)

4 (3 %)

0

4 (4 %)

 Other/rare

4 (3 %)

1 (8 %)

3 (3 %)

Age at diagnosis

50.6 ± 11.6

43.7 ± 11.8

51.4 ± 11.3*

Age at first menses

12.8 ± 1.6

12.3 ± 1.4

12.8 ± 1.6

Education

   

 High school diploma or less

95 (81 %)

8 (66 %)

87 (82 %)

 Beyond high school

23 (19 %)

4 (34 %)

19 (18 %)

Household Income

   

  < $25,000

61 (60 %)

1 (10 %)

60 (65 %)

  > $25,000

41 (40 %)

9 (90 %)

32 (35 %)

Family history of BRCA

42 (35 %)

6 (50 %)

36 (34 %)

  1. *Significantly different, P < 0.05