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. 2018 Jan 1;9(2):296–303. doi: 10.7150/jca.22280

Table 3.

Multivariate Analysis of Prognostic Factors of BCSS and OS

Characteristic
BCSS OS
HR 95%CI p HR 95%CI p
Age (continuous variable) 1.014 1.010-1.019 < 0.001 1.022 1.018-1.026 < 0.001
Race/ethnicity
Non-hispanic white 1 1
Non-hispanic black 1.159 1.004-1.338 0.044 1.196 1.058-1.351 0.004
Hispanic 0.876 0.724-1.061 0.177 0.876 0.740-1.038 0.128
Other and unknown 0.757 0.584-0.980 0.035 0.778 0.625-0.968 0.025
Tumor grade
Well differentiated 1 1
Moderately differentiated 1.021 0.535-1.951 0.949 1.262 0.731-2.178 0.403
Poorly/undifferentiated 1.323 0.704-2.488 0.384 1.626 0.953-2.774 0.074
Tumor size
T0-T1 1 1
T2 2.043 1.737-2.403 < 0.001 1.996 1.749-2.277 < 0.001
T3 3.999 3.279-4.877 < 0.001 3.784 3.194-4.484 < 0.001
T4 4.745 3.819-5.896 < 0.001 4.482 3.717-5.405 < 0.001
Nodal status
N0 1 1
N1 2.514 2.168-2.915 < 0.001 2.024 1.786-2.294 < 0.001
N2 4.296 3.574-5.163 < 0.001 3.293 2.807-3.864 < 0.001
N3 6.891 5.722-8.299 < 0.001 5.308 4.516-6.239 < 0.001
Radiotherapy
No 1 1
Yes 0.675 0.599-0.761 < 0.001 0.713 0.641-0.792 < 0.001
Chemotherapy
No/unknown 1
Yes 0.617 0.545-0.700 < 0.001
Marital status
Single 1 1
Married 0.844 0.747-0.953 < 0.001 0.787 0.708-0.876 < 0.001
Histological subtypes
Infiltrating duct carcinoma NOS 1 1
Lobular carcinoma, NOS 0.768 0.476-1.238 0.278 0.660 0.437-0.998 0.049
Mixed lobular-ductal carcinoma 1.682 1.178-2.402 0.004 1.447 1.045-2.004 0.026
Medullary carcinoma 0.327 0.136-0.788 0.013 0.479 0.257-0.893 0.021
Metaplastic carcinoma 1.634 1.235-2.163 0.001 1.334 1.043-1.706 0.022
Apocrine adenocarcinoma 0.219 0.070-0.683 0.009 0.486 0.260-0.907 0.023
Adenoid cystic carcinoma 0.300 0.042-2.162 0.232 0.299 0.074-1.213 0.091

BCSS, breast cancer-specific survival; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; N, node; NOS, not otherwise specified; OS, overall survival; T, tumor.