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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2010 Aug 1;102(2):111–118. doi: 10.1002/jso.21535

Table V.

Multivariate Logistic Regression Model Results for Patients who Developed Residual Morbidity at the End of Follow-up and Who had Little or No Morbidity at Baseline.

Outcome Being Modeled
Parameters in the Model Values from the Model Residual Shoulder Abduction Deficit1 Residual Arm Volume Difference2 Residual Arm Numbness3 Residual Arm Tingling4
Treatment Group (ALND, SLND)a Odds Ratio 1.54 1.90 5.52 2.11
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Age (≤ 49, ≥ 50)b Odds Ratio - 1.41 0.658 -
p-value - 0.006 <0.001 -
Arm_Hand (Same, Not Same)c Odds Ratio - 1.77 - -
p-value - <0.001 - -
Tumor Size (T1, T2, T3)d Odds Ratio - - 0.75 -
p-value - - 0.020 -
Systemic Chemo (None, Yes)e Odds Ratio 0.732 - - -
p-value 0.003 - - -
Radiation to Axilla (None, Yes)e Odds Ratio 2.48 3.47 - -
p-value 0.037 0.007 - -
1

Abduction Deficit ≥ 5% at 6 Month Follow-up and < 5% at Baseline

2

Arm Volume Difference ≥ 5% at 36 Month Follow-up and < 5% at Baseline

3

Presence of Arm Numbness at 36 Month Follow-up and None at Baseline

4

Presence of Arm Tingling at 36 Month Follow-up and None at Baseline

a

Reference is Group 2 (SLND)

b

Reference is Age ≤ 49

c

Reference is Affected Arm and Dominant Hand Not Same

d

Ordinal scale (T1=1, T2=2, T3=3)

e

Reference is None