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. 2015 Sep 14;33(31):3621–3627. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.62.2126

Table 3.

Age- and Stage-Adjusted Hazard Ratios for Tumor Recurrence

Characteristic Hazard Ratio 95% CI P
African American v white race 2.15 1.04 to 4.48 .04
African American v white race also adjusted for:*
    MATH 2.11 1.03 to 4.34 .04
    TP53 mutation 1.93 0.90 to 4.14 .09
    PAM50 basal subtype 1.48 0.67 to 3.27 .33
    TNBC 1.47 0.68 to 3.14 .32
    PAM50 subtype 1.35 0.62 to 2.95 .45
    Multivariable model 1.24 0.57 to 2.71 .59
MATH 1.01 0.99 to 1.03 .53
TP53 mutation 2.06 1.03 to 4.11 .04
PAM50 basal subtype 3.82 1.86 to 7.85 < .001
TNBC 3.86 1.84 to 8.12 < .001
PAM50 subtype
    Luminal A Referent Referent Referent
    Luminal B 2.07 0.76 to 5.66 .16
    HER2 1.31 0.32 to 5.33 .71
    Basal-like 4.84 1.91 to 12.26 .001
    Normal-like 0.40 0.05 to 2.97 .37

NOTE. African Americans, n = 94; whites, n = 526; hazard ratio for tumor recurrence, n = 34.

Abbreviations: HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; MATH, mutant allele tumor heterogeneity; PAM50, 50-gene set predictor using predication analysis of microarray method; TNBC, triple-negative breast cancer.

*

Hazard ratio for tumor recurrence comparing African Americans with whites adjusted for age and stage, separately for MATH, TP53 mutation, basal v nonbasal PAM50 subtype, TNBC, PAM50 subtype (with indicator variables), or in multivariable model including all of these variables.

Hazard ratio comparing PAM50 basal subtype with PAM50 luminal A subtype.