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. 2017 Sep 6;8(16):3122–3129. doi: 10.7150/jca.22046

Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of disease-free and overall survival

Parameters Disease free survival Overall survival
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
p-value HR (95% CI) p-value p-value HR (95% CI) p-value
Analysis in all patients (n = 183)
Age (<50 vs. ≥50) 0.802 0.249
T stage (pT1 vs. pT2-3) 0.098 0.003 2.047 (0.759-5.520) 0.157
N stage (pN0 vs. pN1-3) 0.005 1.811 (0.833-4.201) 0.020 0.004 1.613 (0.563-4.619) 0.373
AJCC stage (I vs. II-III) 0.002 2.854 (1.212-4.812) 0.025 < 0.001 3.159 (1.460-6.834) 0.003
Histologic grade (1 vs. 2-3) 0.006 1.332 (0.926-3.278) 0.186 0.027 1.533 (0.823-3.554) 0.974
Nuclear grade (1 vs. 2-3) 0.055 0.103
Intrinsic subtype (non-TNBC vs. TNBC) 0.074 0.589
Fascin (Negative vs. Positive) 0.317 0.345
BRMS1-nuc (Moderate/Strong vs. Negative/Weak) 0.988 0.415
BRMS1-cyt (Moderate/Strong vs. Negative/Weak) 0.043 1.875 (0.949-3.702) 0.070 0.145
BRMS1-H score (3-6 vs. 0-2) 0.769 0.492
Fascin-/BRMS1+ vs. Fascin+/BRMS1- 0.698 0.430
Analysis in node-negative patients (n = 117)
Age (<50 vs. ≥50) 0.463 0.335
T stage (pT1 vs. pT2-3) 0.258 0.048 5.622 (1.055-29.968) 0.043
Histologic grade (1 vs. 2-3) 0.050 0.155
Nuclear grade (1 vs. 2-3) 0.136 0.549
Intrinsic subtype (non-TNBC vs. TNBC) 0.125 0.028 2.030 (0.127-32.417) 0.617
Fascin (Negative vs. Positive) 0.005 5.583 (1.318-23.655) 0.020 0.031 5.869 (1.202-28.662) 0.029
BRMS1-nuc (Moderate/Strong vs. Negative/Weak) 0.121 0.145
BRMS1-cyt (Moderate/Strong vs. Negative/Weak) 0.470 0.619
BRMS1-H score (3-6 vs. 0-2) 0.321 0.717
Fascin-/BRMS1+ vs. Fascin+/BRMS1- 0.240 0.041 1.185 (0.151-9.294) 0.871

nuc nuclear, cyt cytoplasmic, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval