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. 2013 Oct 12;142(1):69–80. doi: 10.1007/s10549-013-2691-y

Table 3.

Prediction of pCR using (a) simple logistic regression model, (b) multiple logistic regression model with Ki67

Factor # pat # res OR 95 %CI p value
(a)
 Age
  ≤49 248 56 0.880 0.577–1.343 0.5534
  ≥50 229 57 1
 Initial tumor size
  ≤2.0 29 7 1.047 0.409–2.682 0.9919
  2.1–4.0 315 75 1.028 0.637–1.659
  ≥4.1 133 31 1
 Axillary lymph node
  Positive 268 62 0.932 0.610–1.426 0.7467
  Negative 209 51 1
 Menopausal status
  Pre 266 60 0.868 0.568–1.326 0.5135
  Post 211 53
 Stage
  I/IIa 54 211 1.849 0.818–4.179 0.3355
  IIb 51 215 1.671 0.738–3.786
  III 8 51 1
 Nuclear grading
  G1 78 9 0.240 0.112–0.517 <.0001
  G2 229 46 0.463 0.293–0.731
  G3 162 57 1
 ER and/or PgR
  Positive 327 58 0.265 0.167–0.422 <.0001
  Negative 116 52 1
 HER2
  Positive 62 33 4.552 2.604–7.958 <.0001
  Negative 380 76 1
 Baseline of Ki67 (%)
  ≥10 299 95 4.572 2.348–8.903 <.0001
  <10 119 11 1
  Continuous 418 1.043 1.027–1.059 <.0001
 TP-CI
  1 + , 2 + , 3+ 282 73 1.715 0.851–3.456 0.1316
  0 65 11 1
  2 + , 3+ 119 33 1.332 0.801–2.213 0.2690
  0, 1+ 228 51 1
 TP-SI
  1 + , 2 + , 3+ 324 84 4.025 0.929–17.438 0.0627
  0 25 2 1
  2 + , 3+ 197 59 1.979 1.182–3.315 0.0095
  0, 1+ 152 27 1
OR 95 %CI p value Sensitivity specificity ROC (95 % CI) Contrast with final model
(b)
 Grading
  1 0.312 0.129–0.756 0.0027 Random cv Apparent
  2 0.461 0.274–0.773 Sen: 0.8113 0.7510
  3 1 (0.6034, 0.8958) (0.6999, 0.8021)
 ER and/or PgR
 Positive 0.384 0.230–0.642 0.0003
  Negative 1 Spe: 0.6097 Random cv
 HER2
  Positive 3.816 2.056–7.081 <.0001 (0.5517, 0.7391) 0.7353
  Negative 1 (0.6664, 0.7901)
 Grading
  1 0.402 0.163–0.991 0.00281 Random cv Apparent Apparent
  2 0.536 0.316–0.909 Sen: 0.8000 0.7657 0.0147
  3 1 (0.6599, 0.8889) (0.7172, 0.8143) (−0.0055, 0.0350)
 ER and/or PgR
  Positive 00.413 0.247–0.692 0.0008
  Negative 1 Spe: 0.6458
 HER2
  Positive 3.522 1.890–6.563 <.0001 (0.5792, 0.7452) Random cv Random cv
  Negative 0.7489 0.0168
 Ki67 (%)
  ≥10 2.718 1.331–5.549 0.0061 (0.6827, 0.7986) (−0.0303, 0.041)
  <10 1
 Grading
  1 0.418 0.169–1.035 0.0298 Random cv Apparent Apparent
  2 0.530 0.312–0.900 Sen: 0.8333 0.7774 0.0264
  3 1 (0.6735, 0.9400) (0.7289, 0.8259) (0.0015, 0.0513)
 ER and/or PgR
  Positive 0.447 0.265–0.754 0.0026
  Negative 1 Spe: 0.6344 Random cv Random cv
 HER2
  Positive 3.794 2.038–7.065 <0.0001 (0.5063, 0.7713) 0.7607 0.0274
  Negative 1 (0.6993, 0.8099) (−0.0175, 0.0596)
 Ki67 (continuous) 1.031 1.014–1.048 0.0004

#pat number of patients, #res number of responders, CI confidence interval, ER estrogen receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, OR odds ratio, PgR progesterone receptor, TP-CI thymidine phosphorylase, interstitial, TP-SI thymidine phosphorylase, stromal

ER estrogen receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, PgR progesterone receptor, OR odds ratio