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. 2013 Aug 15;109(5):1172–1180. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.464

Table 2. Log-normal regression of the time to recurrence, other-cause mortality and breast cancer death after recurrence.

From
Diagnosis
Recurrence
To
Recurrence
Other cause death
Breast cancer death
  Coefficient P>z Coefficient P>z Coefficient P>z
Low adherence (<80%) −0.5238 0.000 −0.2314 0.055 0.3349 0.161
Propensity score −0.0948 0.241 −0.0611 0.303 −0.1284 0.453
Year of diagnosis
0.1108
0.006
0.0213
0.501
0.0835
0.207
Age group (reference <60), years
60–69 −1.6128 0.206 −1.8726 0.048 −1.7643 0.444
70–79 −2.4296 0.134 −3.0279 0.011 −2.8490 0.379
80+
−3.6462
0.103
−3.7415
0.022
−4.3778
0.218
Menopausal (reference pre/peri)
Post −0.0378 0.895 −4.2405 0.973 −0.1661 0.721
Unknown
0.7762
0.078
−4.1833
0.973
0.2448
0.776
SIMD quintile (reference 1and 2: deprived)
3–5 (Affluent) 0.2747 0.126 0.3055 0.020 0.3970 0.111
Unknown
−0.0725
0.924
0.1819
0.754
0.4298
0.682
Charlson's index (reference 0)
1–2 −0.4042 0.142 −0.2352 0.226 −0.6477 0.540
3+
−0.2910
0.109
−0.0040
0.978
0.0973
0.781
Tumour stage (reference 1–2)
3–4 0.7033 0.490 1.0442 0.156 1.6068 0.424
Unknown
0.4318
0.360
0.2477
0.456
0.6810
0.346
Axillary nodes (reference 1)
2–3 −0.9710 0.000 0.2707 0.273 0.0615 0.839
Unknown
−1.2264
0.073
−0.4661
0.313
−0.7670
0.197
Metastases (reference no)
Yes −0.8591 0.186 −0.3906 0.415 0.0216 0.986
Unknown
−0.6088
0.238
0.0096
0.981
−1.1175
0.260
Tumour grade (reference 1–2)
3 −0.7219 0.000 0.0349 0.839 −0.5842 0.144
Unknown
−0.0134
0.957
0.0716
0.687
−0.1282
0.823
Oestrogen receptor status (reference negative)
Positive −1.2131 0.384 −0.4607 0.642 −1.5521 0.579
Unknown −0.8566 0.543 −0.7118 0.484 −1.4596 0.633

The reported coefficients refer to the rate by which the actual survival times increase with a unit increase in responding variables.