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. 2021 May;9(10):831. doi: 10.21037/atm-20-8252

Table 2. Characteristics influencing CT and ET prescription in first-line treatment for patients with HR+/HER2– MBC (CT vs. ET, OR <1 preferred ET, OR >1 preferred CT).

     Univariate        Multivariate
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Age group ≥60 y (Ref: <60 y) 0.507 (0.392, 0.656) <0.0001 0.435 (0.326, 0.582) <0.0001
Comorbidity (Ref: no) 0.754 (0.601, 0.945) 0.0143 0.784 (0.608, 1.011) 0.0605
HR status ER+/PR+ (Ref: ER+ or PR+) 0.475 (0.373, 0.606) <0.0001 0.472 (0.364, 0.611) <0.0001
De novo stage IV (Ref: recurrent metastasis) 4.901 (3.195, 7.518) <0.0001 3.532 (2.141, 5.826) <0.0001
DRFI ≥24 m (Ref: <24 m) 0.505 (0.410, 0.622) <0.0001 0.729 (0.571, 0.932) 0.0115
Progression on (neo)adjuvant ETa (Ref: no) 0.592 (0.489, 0.718) <0.0001 0.699 (0.562, 0.869) 0.0012
Metastatic sites ≥2 (Ref: 1) 1.910 (1.576, 2.316) <0.0001 1.129 (0.879, 1.450) 0.3411
Visceral disease (Ref: no) 1.722 (1.421, 2.087) <0.0001 0.700 (0.424, 1.157) 0.1644
Bone metastasis only (Ref: no) 0.379 (0.302, 0.476) <0.0001 0.459 (0.340, 0.621) <0.0001
Liver metastasis (Ref: no) 2.167 (1.666, 2.818) <0.0001 2.443 (1.561, 3.823) <0.0001
Lung metastasis (Ref: no) 1.392 (1.132, 1.712) 0.0017 1.617 (1.017, 2.569) 0.0421

a, progression on (neo)adjuvant ET was defined as prior (neo)adjuvant ET disease-free interval ≤12 months. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence Interval.