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. 2018 May 24;24:3425–3441. doi: 10.12659/MSM.910811

Table 6.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of OS predictors in 1: 1 matched groups of men with breast cancer.

Variables 5-year OS (%) Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
Log Rank χ2 test P value HR 95% CI P value
Marital status 30.037 <0.0001
 Married 74.5 Reference
 Unmarried 64.8 1.519 1.315–1.754 <0.0001
Age 176.879 <0.0001
 <50 85.8 Reference
 50–64 79.9 1.207 0.929–1.569 0.159
 ≥65 58.0 2.965 2.332–3.769 <0.0001
Race 5.568 0.135
 White 69.6 Reference
 Black 68.6 1.285 1.063–1.553 0.009
 Other 69.5 0.835 0.547–1.275 0.403
Residence type 3.073 0.215
 Metropolitan 70.1
 Non-metropolitan 65.0
Histology 6.614 0.037
 Ductal 68.5 Reference
 Lobular 85.7 0.747 0.183–3.054 0.685
 Others 76.4 0.815 0.646–1.028 0.084
Grade 28.177 <0.0001
 Well/moderately differentiated 75.0 Reference
 Poorly/undifferentiated 59.6 1.379 1.184–1.607 <0.0001
Pathologic T stage 63.425 <0.0001
 T0–T1 84.4 Reference
 T2 63.2 1.971 1.516–2.561 <0.0001
 T3 57.1 2.420 1.621–3.613 <0.0001
Pathologic N stage 279.309 <0.0001
 N0 81.6 Reference
 N1 69.9 1.588 1.310–1.926 <0.0001
 N2 64.0 2.332 1.815–2.996 <0.0001
 N3 59.6 2.517 1.908–3.319 <0.0001
ER status 0.656 0.720
 Negative 75.1
 Positive 69.5
HER2 status 9.335 0.009
 Negative 72.8 Reference
 Positive 61.3 1.557 0.882–2.748 0.127
Surgery 64.162 <0.0001
 No 36.9 Reference
 Yes 72.2 0.694 0.464–1.040 0.077
Radiation 0.324 0.569
 No 68.1 Reference
 Yes 73.7 0.865 0.728–1.029 0.101

CI – confidence interval; ER – estrogen receptor; HER2 – human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HR – hazard ratio; OS – overall survival; PR – progesterone receptor.