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. 2008 Dec 9;100(1):123–133. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604809

Table 3. Cox univariate and multivariate analyses.

  n (%) HR 95% CI P-value
(A) Whole-cohort clinicopathological variables (n=292), univariate analysis of breast cancer-specific death
 Age>50 184/292 (63) 1.427 0.799–2.551 0.229
 Grade>2 132/291 (45) 3.100 1.865–5.163 <0.0001
 Size>20 mm 117/291 (40) 2.730 1.678–4.443 <0.0001
 LN positive 125/289 (43) 3.968 2.346–6.774 <0.0001
 HER-2 positive 51/273 (18) 2.459 1.463–4.134 0.0007
 ER positive 192/280 (68) 0.395 0.243–0.642 0.0002
 PR positive 161/282 (57) 0.238 0.140–0.406 <0.0001
 BAG-1 high 214/276 (78) 0.364 0.222–0.598 <0.0001
         
(B) Whole-cohort (n=276) distant metastases, Cox multivariate analysis
 Grade>2   1.398 0.751–2.567 0.2948
 Size>20 mm   1.564 0.937–2.610 0.0873
 LN status   3.372 1.934–5.880 <0.0001
 HER-2   1.853 1.066–3.220 0.0287
 ER   0.990 0.525–1.868 0.9745
 PR   0.405 0.212–0.776 0.0064
 BAG-1 high   0.559 0.317–0.989 0.0455
         
(C) Whole-cohort distant metastases, Cox multivariate analysis, resolved model
 LN status   3.597 2.097–6.168 <0.0001
 HER-2   1.973 1.158–3.361 0.0125
 PR   0.329 0.186–0.584 0.0001
 BAG-1 high   0.586 0.344–0.998 0.0493
         
(D) ER+ (n=189) breast cancer-specific death, Cox multivariate analysis
 Grade>2   1.529 0.600–3.896 0.3730
 Size>20 mm   1.053 0.428–2.591 0.9100
 LN status   1.471 0.571–3.795 0.4250
 HER-2   5.578 2.036–15.286 0.0008
 PR   0.293 0.119–0.721 0.0076
 BAG-1 high   0.290 0.114–0.735 0.0090
         
(E) ER+ breast cancer-specific death, Cox multivariate analysis, resolved model
 HER-2   6.725 2.7–16.644 <0.0001
 PR   0.239 0.104–0.547 0.0007
 BAG-1 high   0.302 0.122–0.744 0.0093

CI=confidence interval; ER=oestrogen receptor; HR=hazards ratio.