Cell Counts, rather than Proportion, of CD8/PD-1 Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in a Tumor Microenvironment Associated with Pathological Characteristics of Chinese Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer

Table 3

The relationship between cell counts of CD8/PD-1 TILs and clinical characteristics.

	CD8^+ TILs		CD8^+/PD1^+TILs		CD8^+/PD1^-TILs
Age, median (IQR)		0.01		0.104		0.008
≤55	24 (27)		3 (7)		18 (22)
>55	12 (18)		2 (4)		9 (14)
Histological grade, median (IQR)		0.096		0.14		0.158
I	14 (19)		2 (7)		12 (13)
II	18 (24)		2 (4)		14 (20)
III	26 (24)		3 (13)		20 (23)
Vascular invasion, median (IQR)		0.965		0.372		0.823
No	16 (26)		3 (6)		13 (21)
Yes	18 (23)		2 (4)		15 (18)
Nerve invasion, median (IQR)		0.459		0.628		0.567
No	18 (23)		22 (6)		14 (18)
Yes	24 (27)		2 (10)		12 (25)
Axillary lymph node metastasis, median (IQR)		0.051		0.159		0.049
No	33 (38)		4 (9)		27 (31)
Yes	15 (23)		2 (5)		11 (16)

Wilcoxon test. Spearman correlation test.