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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Sep 15;172(3):733–740. doi: 10.1007/s10549-018-4959-8

Table 2.

Association of clinicopathological factors with pathologic complete response.

Factor Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Age at diagnosis 0.97 0.94–1.00 0.09 0.98 0.94–1.02 0.34
Clinical stage
III vs. II
0.79 0.33–1.91 0.60 0.73 0.24–2.20 0.57
Grade 3 vs. less than grade 3 0.99 0.47–2.10 0.98 0.97 0.37–2.52 0.94
HR+ vs. HR- 0.86 0.40–1.81 0.68 0.77 0.28–2.10 0.60
HER2 FISH
ratio > 8 vs. < 8
2.06 0.84–5.06 0.11 1.47 0.50–4.33 0.48
HER2 IHC 3+
vs. less than 3+
3.56 1.37–9.24 0.01 3.71 1.13-
12.22
0.03
Pertuzumabcontaining regimen vs. not 1.72 0.73–4.02 0.21 2.75 0.85–8.88 0.09
Anthracyclinecontaining regimen vs. not 0.82 0.39–1.73 0.61 0.98 0.32–2.93 0.97

Legend: HR+, hormone receptor positive; HER2, human epidermal growth factor 2; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; IHC = immunohistochemistry