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. 2008 Oct 1;100(19):1380–1388. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn309

Table 1.

Univariate and multivariable analysis of relapse-free survival according to posttreatment pathological tumor size, posttreatment node status, posttreatment Ki67 level, posttreatment ER status, and posttreatment tumor grade in the P024 trial*

Factor definitions No. of patients in each group No. of events/no. of patients Relapse-free survival
Univariate analysis
Multivariable analysis
HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P
Pathological tumor size
                T1/2 vs T3/4 138/33 47/171 2.7 (1.4 to 5.0) .002 3.0 (1.54 to 5.91) .001
                T1 vs T2–4 53/118 47/171 2.01 (1.0 to 4.1) .05
Node status (positive vs negative) 90/69 44/159 3.9 (1.8 to 8.4) <.001 2.8 (1.31 to 6.19) .009
Ki67 level, per 2.7-fold increase NA 48/174 1.4 (1.2 to 1.6) <.001 1.3 (1.05 to 1.50) .01
ER, Allred score (0 or 2 vs 3–8)§ 16/157 48/173 2.4 (1.0 to 5.3) .04 2.6 (1.1 to 6.0) .03
Clinical response (yes vs no) 70/104 49/174 2.8 (1.6 to 4.9) <.001 1.72 (0.96 to 3.09) .07
Grade (I vs II/III) 33/126 46/159 3.8 (1.4 to 10.8) .011 2.72 (0.95 to 7.8) .06
*

The total number in each univariate analysis varied depending on the number of cases in which information on the individual factor was available. Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of relapse, comparing tumors with the adverse factor relative to tumors without the adverse factor. Two-sided P values are provided throughout.

Tumor size was examined with two cutoff points, pT1/2 vs pT3/4 and pT1 vs pT2–4. A cutoff point of pT1/2 provided the smallest univariate P value and was used in the multivariable analysis (which excluded factors with a univariate P value of >.05).

Ki67 was analyzed as the natural logarithm values, or per 2.7-fold increase according to the original scale of percentage values.

§

The estrogen receptor (ER) analysis refers to the posttreatment values; before treatment all tumors in this dataset were ER+.

NA (not applicable) because K167 divided into five risk groups (see Table 4).