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. 2010 Mar 2;340:c845. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c845

Table 3.

 Factors significantly associated with local recurrence in multivariable regression analysis in addition to age and preinvasive or in situ (stage 0) carcinoma

Variable Hazard ratio* (95% CI) P value
Interval >6 weeks: 1.19 (1.01 to 1.39) 0.033
Age (per each additional year of age) 0.99 (0.98 to 1.01) 0.198
Hispanic:
 No 1.0 (reference) 0.006
 Yes 1.61 (1.14 to 2.27)
Tumour grade:
 Low 1.0 (reference) <0.001
 Intermediate 1.39 (1.12 to 1.73)
 High 1.75 (1.37 to 2.23)
 Unknown 1.52 (1.19 to 1.95)
Progesterone receptor status:
 Positive 1.0 (reference) 0.014
 Negative 1.37 (1.13 to 1.66)
 Borderline 1.67 (0.79 to 3.53)
 Unknown 1.04 (0.85 to 1.27)
Histology:
 Ductal 1.0 (reference) 0.010
 Lobular 1.00 (0.75 to 1.35)
 Mixed ductal/lobular 1.07 (0.78 to 1.48)
 Tubular/medullary/mucinous/papillary 1.26 (0.97 to 1.63)
 Unspecified adenocarcinoma 1.61 (1.24 to 2.08)
 Other histology 0.83 (0.48 to 1.46)
Preinvasive or in situ (stage 0) carcinoma:
 No 1.0 (reference) 0.419
 Yes 1.11 (0.86 to 1.42)
Year (per each later year of diagnosis) 0.95 (0.92 to 0.97) <0.001
Laterality:
 Right 1.0 (reference) 0.016
 Left 1.20 (1.03 to 1.38)

*Adjusted for each of the variables presented in table.