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. 2020 May 30;18:117. doi: 10.1186/s12957-020-01893-w

Table 3.

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals of distant metastasis across different breast cancer subtypes. Association of clinicopathological variables with distant metastasis was analyzed using univariable binary logistic regression

Variables Category Overall (N = 1059) Luminal A (N = .485) Luminal B (N = 122) Her2-enriched (N = 170) TNBC (N = 282)
Luminal (N = 607) Non-luminal (N = 452)
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Age (years) ≤ 40 1.773 1.262–2.493 0.001 2.283 1.321–3.953 0.003 1.255 0.440–3.584 0.670 2.037 0.901-4.608 0.087 1.333 0.730–2.433 0.348
> 40 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Menarche ≤ 12 0.946 0.656–1.364 0.767 0.998 0.567–1.758 0.995 2.571 0.931–7.092 0.068 0.824 0.327–2.075 0.681 0.620 0.309–1.245 0.180
> 12 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Menopause ≤ 50 0.626 0.409–0.957 0.030 0.792 0.423–1.482 0.466 0.939 0.317–2.783 0.317 0.451 0.143–1.426 0.175 0.401 0.166–0.967 0.042
> 50 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Parity Nulliparity 1.301 0.817–2.071 0.268 1.049 0.553–1.993 0.883 5.385 0.680–42.66 0.111 2.069 0.444–9.646 0.269 1.037 0.441–2.439 0.934
Multiparity Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Breastfeeding Yes Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
No 1.108 0.780–1.572 0.567 1.170 0.702–1.950 0.546 2.685 0.741–9.729 0.149 1.095 0.433–2.772 0.848 1.329 0.696–2.544 0.388
BMI ≥ 25 0.832 0.623–1.110 0.603 1.064 0.699–1.619 0.774 0.913 0.381–2.189 0.935 0.415 0.188–0.915 0.029 0.782 0.449–1.362 0.385
< 25 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Family history Yes 1.061 0.747–1.511 0.785 1.153 0.659–2.018 0.659 2.342 0.859–6.410 0.096 1.169 0.511–2.674 0.711 0.968 0.500–1.873 0.922
No Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Grade I–II Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
III 1.174 0.822–1.678 0.378 0.993 0.605–1.627 0.976 1.398 0.430–4.546 0.578 1.708 0.607–4.802 0.310 1.273 0.627–2.583 0.504
Stage I–II Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
III 1.883 1.373–2.646 < 0.0001 2.160 1.377–3.389 0.001 1.156 0.439–3.039 0769 2.227 0.949–5.208 0.066 1.616 0.863–3.021 0.134
Tumor size ≤ 5 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
> 5 1.115 0.829–1.501 0.472 0.886 0.582–1350 0.969 2.068 0.716–5.971 0.179 1.985 0.897–4.389 0.091 0.978 0.543–1.762 0.940
T T1–2 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
T3–4 1.429 1.015–2.012 0.041 1.162 0.732–1.845 0.525 1.605 0.498–5.169 0.428 2.440 0.948–6.276 0.064 1.624 0.768–3.345 0.204
T1–3 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
T4 2.115 1.544–2.898 < 0.0001 2.685 1.649–4.371 < 0.0001 2.380 0.964–5.876 0.060 1.569 0.708–3.478 0.267 1.709 0.957–3.054 0.070
N N0 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
N1–3 1.855 1.319–2.611 < 0.0001 2.571 1.548–4.274 < 0.0001 0.807 0.300–2169 0.671 1.736 0.704–4.292 0231 1.515 0.797–2.882 0.205
Chemotherapy Anthracycline Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Anthracycline-taxane 0.510 0.355–0.766 0.001 0.417 0.226–0.769 0.005 0.629 0.228–1.734 0.370 0.769 0.329–1.798 0.544 0.518 0.237–1.131 0.099
Radiotherapy Yes Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
No 1.788 1.269–2.521 0.001 1.923 1.160–3.187 0.011 0.861 0.322–2.303 0.766 2.304 0.984–5.398 0.055 1.794 0.898–3.585 0.098
Surgery MRM Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
BCT 1.005 0.624–1.618 0.995 0.837 0.414–1.694 0.621 0.996 0.254–3902 0.995 1.242 0.368–4.190 0727 1.175 0.464–2.977 0.734

Ref reference, OR odd ratio, CI confidence interval, TNBC triple negative breast cancer, BMI body mass index, T primary tumor size, N involved lymph nodes