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. 2023 Nov 17;13:1269971. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1269971

Table 2.

Prognostic factors for overall survival and disease-free survival associated with lymphovascular invasion.

Disease Free Survival Overall Survival
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
HR 95% CI p-value HR 95% CI p-value HR 95% CI p-value HR 95% CI p-value
Age ≥50 vs. <50 1.286 1.044 1.583 0.018 1.208 0.972 1.502 0.088 1.926 1.455 2.550 <0.001 1.781 1.328 2.387 <0.001
T stage ≥2 vs. 1 2.264 1.839 2.788 <0.001 1.618 1.275 2.054 <0.001 2.288 1.754 2.985 <0.001 1.616 1.192 2.192 0.002
N stage 0 ref ref ref ref
1 1.633 1.271 2.099 <0.001 1.399 1.034 1.893 0.029 1.920 1.407 2.662 <0.001 1.846 1.268 2.688 0.001
2–3 3.729 2.670 5.209 <0.001 2.898 1.808 4.644 <0.001 4.314 2.858 6.511 <0.001 3.943 2.231 6.971 <0.001
Histologic Grade 1 ref ref ref ref
2 1.784 1.327 2.397 <0.001 1.435 1.050 1.960 0.023 1.758 1.198 2.580 0.004 1.543 1.03 2.312 0.035
3 2.563 1.869 3.515 <0.001 1.850 1.256 2.724 0.002 2.713 1.812 4.062 <0.001 2.322 1.42 3.798 0.001
LVI (+) vs (-) 2.563 1.966 3.339 <0.001 1.766 1.301 2.397 <0.001 2.744 1.973 3.815 <0.001 1.958 1.344 2.853 <0.001
Subtype HRs(+) HER2(-) ref ref ref ref
HRs(+) HER2(+) 0.994 0.683 1.446 0.973 0.871 0.497 1.528 0.630 0.748 0.440 1.273 0.285 0.448 0.187 1.075 0.072
HRs(-) HER2 (+) 1.258 0.869 1.821 0.224 1.137 0.502 2.573 0.759 0.914 0.537 1.555 0.740 0.432 0.144 1.297 0.135
HRs(-) HER2(-) 1.830 1.412 2.372 <0.001 1.845 0.953 3.569 0.069 1.819 1.315 2.514 <0.001 1.315 0.599 2.888 0.495
Adjuvant Chemotherapy Yes vs. No 1.503 1.214 1.862 <0.001 0.912 0.692 1.201 0.510 1.223 0.942 1.614 0.127 0.662 0.468 0.937 0.02
Endocrine therapy Yes vs. No 0.614 0.493 0.765 <0.001 1.140 0.608 2.138 0.684 0.624 0.471 0.827 0.001 0.825 0.392 1.735 0.612
Herceptin treatment Yes vs. No 1.032 0.750 1.420 0.846 0.843 0.478 1.486 0.554 0.849 0.546 1.320 0.849 1.287 0.545 3.039 0.566
Radiotherapy Yes vs. No 0.570 0.464 0.701 <0.001 0.581 0.387 0.871 0.009 0.571 0.438 0.743 <0.001 0.575 0.352 0.941 0.028
Breast surgery TM vs. PM 2.199 1.790 2.702 <0.001 1.204 0.807 1.797 0.362 2.242 1.721 2.921 <0.001 1.222 0.751 1.99 0.420

LVI, lymphovascular invasion; HRs, hormone receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor-2 receptor; TM, total mastectomy; PM, partial mastectomy; CI, confidence interval.