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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2015 May 30;373(6):503–510. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1504473

Table 3.

Multivariate Analysis of Margin Positivity.*

Factor Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Value
Hispanic ethnic group 4.76 (0.77–29.43) 0.09
Presence of DCIS 1.11 (0.36–3.39) 0.86
Size of DCIS 1.87 (1.40–2.49) <0.001
Standard partial mastectomy 2.06 (0.98–4.32) 0.06
*

The comparator groups for the listed factors are as follows: for Hispanic ethnic group, the comparator group was non-Hispanic ethnic group; for presence of DCIS, absence of DCIS; and for standard partial mastectomy, cavity shave margin. The size of the tumor in patients with DCIS was analyzed as a continuous variable, such that the odds ratio reflects the odds of having positive margins per incremental centimeter. CI denotes confidence interval.