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. 2013 Mar 22;8(3):e58823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058823

Table 3. Logistic regression analysis of negative factors predictive of ALND involvement.

Probability of a positive ALND
OR 95%CI p-value
Subtypes
LA vs LB 1.16 0.45–3,01 0.755
LA vs HS 2.82 1.33–6.00 0.007
LA vs TN 1.56 0.46–5.28 0.476
LVI
Negative vs Positive 58.5 17.10–20.32 <0.0001
Grading
G1+G2 vs G3 1.66 0.82–3.89 0.162
T
T1 vs T2 1.52 0.81–2.85 0.191
OSNA+ vs OSNA++ 4.76 2.47–9.19 <0.0001

ALND: axillary lymph node dissection; OR: odd ration; CI: confidence interval; LA: Luminal A; LB: Luminal B; HS: HER2 subtype; TN: Triple Negative; LVI: lymphovascular invasion; OSNA: one step nucleic acid amplification; OSNA+: >250≤5000 cytokeratinn 19 mRNA copies/µl; OSNA++: >5000 cytokeratin 19 mRNA copies/µl.