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. 2013 Dec 27;8(12):e84489. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084489

Table 4. Association analysis of the clinicopathological parameters in relation to event-free survival of breast cancer patients (n=1005).

Parameter No. Noevent (%) Log-rank P value HR (95%CI) P value aHR (95%CI)* P value*
age
≤50y 521 86 (16.51%) 0.173
>50y 484 67 (13.84%) 0.801 (0.582-1.103) 0.174 0.809 (0.582-1.126) 0.210
ER
positive 556 68 (12.23%) 0.153
negative 225 37 (16.44%) 1.342 (0.896-2.011) 0.154 1.468 (0.977-2.207) 0.065
PR
positive 511 57 (11.15%) 0.006
negative 266 48 (18.05%) 1.716 (1.167-2.524) 0.006 1.898 (1.287-2.798) 0.001
Her2
negative 576 68 (11.81%) 0.038
positive 202 37 (18.32%) 1.526 (1.020-2.281) 0.039 1.519 (1.016-2.271) 0.042
Lymoph node metastasis
negative 406 49 (12.07) <0.0001
positive 279 82 (29.39%) 2.785 (1.953-3.973) <0.0001 2.425 (1.686-3.486) <0.0001
Size
<=2cm 338 31 (9.17%) 0.0008
>2cm 464 84 (18.10%) 1.998 (1.322-3.019) 0.001 1.913 (1.265-2.892) 0.002
Clinical stage
0-I 113 9 (7.96%) 0.004
II-IV 581 107 (18.42%) 2.590 (1.311-5.114) 0.006 2.278 (1.150-4.510) 0.018

* Adjusted for age, BMI, age at menarche, age at first full-term pregnancy, menopause status, and family history of cancer in first-degree relatives.

Bold values indicate a statistical significance at 0.05 level.