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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 May 19;23(9):2816–2824. doi: 10.1245/s10434-016-5249-5

TABLE 2.

Multivariable Cox models for recurrence, for entire population, and those without and with radiation

Entire population (n=2634)
No-radiation cohort (n=1163)
Radiation cohort (n=1471)
n Events HR p value n Events HR p value n Events HR p value
Age
 <40 119 29 1 -- 46 15 1 -- 59 14 1 --
 40 – 49 625 99 0.82 0.36 247 52 0.83 0.54 378 47 0.89 0.71
 50 – 59 791 75 0.46 0.0005 305 38 0.45 0.01 486 37 0.52 0.04
 60 – 69 641 64 0.50 0.003 263 48 0.69 0.21 378 16 0.32 0.002
 70 – 79 362 44 0.56 0.02 220 37 0.64 0.16 142 7 0.37 0.04
 ≥80 96 5 0.21 0.0015 82 5 0.24 0.006 14 0

Presentation 0.008 0.02 0.25
 Clinical 302 59 1 150 38 1 152 21 1
 Radiological 2332 257 0.67 1013 157 0.65 1319 100 0.75

Family History 0.02 0.03 0.21
 No 1614 180 1 713 109 1 901 71 1
 Yes 1020 136 1.31 450 86 1.37 570 50 1.26

Necrosis 0.006 0.004 0.85
 Absent 941 105 1 595 79 1 346 26 1
 Present 1693 211 1.42 568 116 1.54 1125 95 1.04

Number of excisions 0.01 0.002 0.52
 ≤2 2433 284 1 1121 179 1 1312 105 1
 ≥3 201 32 1.64 42 16 2.33 159 16 1.19

Margin status 0.01 0.0004 0.82
 Close/positive 522 81 1.39 202 50 1.81 320 31 0.95
 Negative 2112 235 1 961 145 1 1151 90 1

Radiation therapy <0.0001
 Yes 1163 195 0.42 NA NA
 No 1471 121 1

Endocrine therapy <0.0001 0.006 0.001
 Yes 587 39 0.50 189 20 0.52 398 19 0.44
 No 2047 277 1 974 175 1 1073 102 1

Year of surgery 0.005 0.001 0.91
 ≤1998 567 145 1 331 100 1 236 45 1
 ≥1999 2067 171 0.7 832 95 0.61 1235 76 0.98