Table 5.

Associations of covariates with elevated inflammatory biomarkers (HER2− group only).

Biomarker	CRP > 10.3 mg/L		SAA > 7.3 mg/L
Covariate	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
BMI ≥ 30	5.07 (2.09–12.33)	<0.001	2.47 (1.06–5.78)	0.036
Nodes (>4)	0.82 (0.27–2.49)	0.728	1.52 (0.55–4.18)	0.420
Age (≥median)	0.50 (0.22–1.12)	0.093	0.69 (0.33–1.42)	0.312
Race (White vs. Non-White)	0.48 (0.19–1.19)	0.114	1.05 (0.44–2.51)	0.921
High-grade	1.35 (0.49–3.73)	0.567	1.01 (0.39–2.67)	0.976

BMI body mass index