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. 2022 Jan;11(1):77–90. doi: 10.21037/gs-21-677

Table 3. Multivariate logistic regression of one site of metastases (bone, lung, liver or brain).

Bone metastasis Visceral metastasis
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Age at diagnosis (vs. ≤40)
   ≤40 [571]
   41–55 [2,013] 0.93 0.83–1.04 0.200 1.01 0.88–1.16 0.930
   55–70 [3,103] 1.27 1.14–1.42 <0.001 1.50 1.31–1.71 <0.001
   71–85 [1,708] 1.31 1.16–1.48 <0.001 1.59 1.6–2.52 <0.001
   >85 [331] 0.66 0.55–0.79 <0.001 1.06 1.62–2.86 0.577
Race recodes (vs. White)
   White [5,806]
   Black [1,314] 1.14 1.05–1.23 0.002 1.24 1.13–1.35 <0.001
Histology (vs. IDC)
   IDC [5,280]
   LC [945] 1.07 0.99–1.17 0.10 0.52 0.45–0.60 <0.001
   IDC + LC [356] 0.87 0.77–0.99 0.03 0.58 0.48–0.70 <0.001
Grade (vs. I–II)
   I–II [3,430]
   III–IV [2,857] 1.03 0.96–1.10 0.49 1.19 1.10–1.30 <0.001
AJCC T Stage (vs. ≤ T1)
   ≤ T1 [889]
   T2 [2,277] 3.89 3.55–4.26 <0.001 3.95 3.50–4.47 <0.001
   T3 [1,241] 8.44 7.58–9.41 <0.001 11.21 9.78–12.86 <0.001
   T4 [2,385] 35.47 32.00–39.32 <0.001 44.91 39.49–51.07 <0.001
AJCC N Stage (vs. N0)
   N0 [1,798]
   N1 [3,418] 3.07 2.86–3.31 <0.001 3.06 2.80–3.35 <0.001
   N2 [864] 2.44 2.19–2.71 <0.001 2.13 1.88–2.43 <0.001
   N3 [1,035] 4.40 3.96–4.89 <0.001 3.89 3.43–4.01 <0.001
HR status (vs. TNBC)
   TNBC [1,449]
   ER+/PR− [1,118] 2.03 1.82–2.27 <0.001 1.01 0.90–1.13 0.901
   ER−/PR+ [93] 1.05 0.76–1.45 0.756 1.25 0.96–1.61 0.097
   ER+/PR+ [5,066] 1.97 1.80–2.17 <0.001 0.84 0.77–0.92 <0.001

ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; IDC, intraductal carcinoma; TNBC, triple-negative breast cancer.