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. 2009 Feb 9;27(8):1168–1176. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.1024

Table 3.

Odds Ratios for Patient and Tumor Characteristics by Biologic Subtype

Variable Category Triple Negative
HER2
Luminal B (referent) Luminal A
OR P OR P OR P
N1 v N2
Type, ductal v lobular* 9.17 < .0001 10.61 < .0001 1.0 0.38 < .0001
Size, > 2 v ≤ 2 cm 1.40 .0450 1.13 .5436 1.0 0.73 .0408
Grade, 1 v 2 0.13 .0447 0.09 .018 1.0 3.74 < .0001
Grade, 3 v 1 + 2 14.50 < .0001 4.74 < .0001 1.0 0.05 < .0001
Vascular invasion, positive v negative 1.11 .5612 1.22 .3871 1.0 0.46 .0004
MIB-1 index, high v low 1.52 .4270 2.63 .0683 1.0 NA
p53, positive v negative 4.19 < .0001 4.19 < .0001 1.0 0.23 < .0001
PR, positive v negative NA NA 1.0 1.50 .0655

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; NA, not applicable; PR, progesterone receptor.

*

Includes lobular mixed and pure lobular carcinomas.