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. 2016 Sep 27;109(1):djw178. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djw178

Table 2.

Logistic regression models for any local treatment complication*

Variable MarketScan cohort*
SEER-Medicare cohort
RR (95% CI) P RR (95% CI) P
Local therapy
 Lump+WBI 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 Lump+Brachy 1.47 (1.40 to 1.53) <.001 1.36 (1.31 to 1.41) <.001
 Lump alone 1.10 (1.04 to 1.16) .001 0.87 (0.83 to 0.90) <.001
 Mast alone 0.88 (0.85 to 0.91) <.001 0.98 (0.96 to 1.00 .08
 Mast+Recon 1.87 (1.82 to 1.91) <.001 1.75 (1.69 to 1.82) <.001
Age, y
 <40 1 (Ref)
 40–49 1.04 (0.99 to 1.10) .14
 50–59 1.05 (1.00 to 1.11) .06
 60–64 1.08 (1.01 to 1.14) .01
 66–69 1 (Ref)
 70–74 1.00 (0.97 to 1.03) 1.00
 75–79 0.97 (0.94 to 1.00) .05
 80–84 0.94 (0.91 to 0.97) <.001
 85+ 0.94 (0.90 to 0.98) .003
Race
 White 1 (Ref)
 Black 0.95 (0.90 to 0.99) .02
 Other/Unknown 0.88 (0.84 to 0.93) <.001
Comorbidity
 0 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 1 1.24 (1.19 to 1.29) <.001 1.10 (1.08 to 1.13) <.001
 2 or higher 1.37 (1.26 to 1.48) <.001 1.26 (1.22 to 1.29) <.001
Chemotherapy
 None 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
 Without trastuzumab 1.14 (1.11 to 1.18) <.001 1.05 (1.01 to 1.08) .01
 With trastuzumab 1.20 (1.14 to 1.27) <.001 1.03 (0.97 to 1.10) .32
Axillary surgery
 No 1 (Ref)
 Yes 1.14 (1.09 to 1.19) <.001
Node positive
 No 1 (Ref)
 Yes     1.11 (1.08 to 1.15) <.001
*

No patients were excluded from either model. Brachy = brachytherapy; Lump = lumpectomy; Mast = mastectomy; Recon = reconstruction; SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results; WBI = whole breast irradiation.

All P values were two-sided and calculated in the logistic regression models.