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Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Nov 17;197(2):417–423. doi: 10.1007/s10549-022-06813-y

TABLE 3.

Multivariable regression analyses of risk factors for achievement of breast pCR and nodal pCR

Characteristic Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval P
Breast pCR
Clinical T stage
 1
 2
 3
 4

(ref)
0.87
0.56
1.04


0.54–1.40
0.31–0.99
0.51–2.09


0.6
0.05
> 0.9
Histology
 Invasive ductal
 Classic lobular
 Non-classic lobular

(ref)
0.09
0.98


0.01–0.46
0.36–2.37


0.02
> 0.9
Receptor status
 ER+/HER2-
 ER+/HER2+
 ER-/HER2+
 ER-/HER2-

(ref)
3.43
14.5
3.20


2.09–5.74
8.49–25.5
1.96–5.36


< 0.001
< 0.001
< 0.001
Lymphovascular invasion
 No
 Yes


0.51


0.35–0.75


< 0.001
Nodal pCR
Clinical N stage
 0
 1
 2
 3

(ref)
0.09
0.13
0.10


0.04–0.18
0.04–0.43
0.03–0.29


< 0.001
0.001
< 0.001
Histology
 Invasive ductal
 Classic lobular
 Non-classic lobular

(ref)
0.80
4.25


0.27–2.33
1.33–12.9


0.7
0.01
Receptor status
 ER+/HER2-
 ER+/HER2+
 ER-/HER2+
 ER-/HER2-

(ref)
2.79
5.42
1.89


1.49–5.33
2.19–14.0
1.02–3.50


0.002
< 0.001
0.04
Achievement of breast pCR (ypT0) 14.6 6.84–33.7 < 0.001

Abbreviations: pCR, pathologic complete response; ER, estrogen receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2