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. 2015 Apr 13;10(4):e0122413. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122413

Table 3. Associations between different combined groups of clinical and genetic factors and disease-free survival (DFS) among breast cancer patients.

Discovery set Replication set
HR a (95% CI) P HR a (95% CI) P
Group by RPA among HR+ HER2- breast cancer patients
 Group 1: TNM stage 0-II and rs166870CC+CT 1.00 ref. 1.18×10-8 1.00 ref. 2.08×10-5
 Group 2: TNM stage 0-II and rs166870TT 5.52 (2.00–15.28) 2.01 (0.90–4.47)
 Group 3: TNM stage III and rs166870CC+CT 3.61 (2.29–5.68) 3.07 (0.64–14.83)
 Group 4: TNM stage III and rs166870TT 10.50 (1.43–77.06) 7.26 (2.95–17.88)
Group by RPA among HR- HER2- breast cancer patients
 Group1: rs10825036TT+TG 1.00 ref. 2.35×10-4 1.00 ref. 2.60×10-2
 Group2: rs10825036GG 3.45 (1.78–6.67) 2.17 (1.10–4.28)

Abbreviations: DFS, disease-free survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; RPA, recursive partitioning analysis; HR, hormone receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.

aCox proportional hazard model adjusted for age and recruiting center, additional TNM stage for group by tumor subtypes and selected SNPs.