Research Article

Racial Disparities in Survival and Age-Related Outcome in Postsurgery Breast Cancer Patients in a New York City Community Hospital

Table 1

1997–2004 versus 2005–2010 baseline characteristics comparison.

Variables1997–20042005–2010 value

Mean age at diagnosis
 Overall61.04 (SD ± 13.99) 59.95 (SD ± 13.80) 0.142
 AA61.0 (SD ± 13.68)60.11 (SD ± 13.69)0.261
 White61.23 (SD ± 15.20)59.29 (SD ± 12.92)0.281
Race
 AA650.00575.000.798
 White165.00104.000.202
Grade
 I well89.0062.00
 II moderate213.00210.00
 III poor177.00239.00
 IV undifferential 1.0029.00<0.001
Grade-AA
 I well69.0054.00
 II moderate169.00171.00
 III poor137.00214.00
 IV undifferential 1.0021.00<0.001
Grade-White
 I well20.008.00
 II moderate44.0039.00
 III poor40.0025.00
 IV undifferential 0.008.000.003
Pathology stages
 072.0097.00
 I143.00155.00
 II226.00220.00
 III 95.0098.00
 IV7.006.000.491
Pathology stages-AA
 062.0075.00
 I113.00125.00
 II166.00190.00
 III 78.0090.00
 IV4.006.000.982
Pathology stages-White
 010.0021.00
 I30.0030.00
 II60.0030.00
 III 17.008.00
 IV3.000.000.003*
ER
 ER+46.0037.00
 ER−355.00163.000.024*
ER-AA
 ER+45.00322.00
 ER−38.00158.000.025*
ER-White
 ER+6.0069.00
 ER−3.0018.000.405
PR
 PR+34.0050.00
 PR−311.00205.00<0.001*
PR-AA
 PR+30.00292.00
 PR−53.00188.00<0.001*
PR-White
 PR+5.0059.00
 PR−4.0028.000.476