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

Table 5. Multivariate Cox analyses of CSS in ER+/PR−/HER-2− patients and ER−/PR+/HER-2− patients.

ER+/PR− ER−/PR+
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Age at diagnosis (vs. ≤40)
   41–55 1.28 1.06–1.55 0.011 1.13 0.74–1.70 0.575
   55–70 1.21 1.01–1.46 0.043 1.21 0.79–1.86 0.380
   71–85 1.91 1.56–2.34 <0.001 2.16 1.35–3.46 0.001
   >85 3.39 2.65–4.33 <0.001 2.16 1.02–4.57 0.045
Race recode (vs. White)
   Black 1.26 1.13–1.40 <0.001 0.95 0.72–1.27 0.747
Marital status (vs. married)
   Unmarried 1.17 1.07–1.29 0.001 1.09 0.84–1.42 0.509
Insurance recode (vs. insured)
   Any medicare 1.19 1.06–1.33 0.003 1.21 0.90–1.64 0.209
   Uninsured 1.34 1.06–1.70 0.013 2.11 1.04–4.25 0.038
Histology (vs. IDC)
   LC 0.88 0.77–1.02 0.082 1.34 0.53–3.35 0.534
   IDC + LC 0.85 0.68–1.05 0.135 1.44 0.69–3.00 0.333
Grade (vs. I-II)
   III-IV 1.92 1.74–2.12 <0.001 2.36 1.52–3.66 <0.001
AJCC T stage (vs. ≤T1)
   T2 2.12 1.86–2.42 <0.001 1.36 0.97–1.90 0.075
   T3 2.89 2.46–3.40 <0.001 2.44 1.57–3.78 <0.001
   T4 3.48 2.96–4.10 <0.001 3.24 2.13–4.92 <0.001
Surgery (vs. no surgery)
   Conserving 0.35 0.29–0.42 <0.001 0.25 0.16–0.39 <0.001
   Mastectomy 0.47 0.39–0.56 <0.001 0.31 0.19–0.50 <0.001
   Radical 0.54 0.45–0.64 <0.001 0.45 0.28–0.70 <0.001
Positive nodes (vs. 0)
   1–3 2.31 2.00–2.67 <0.001 2.04 1.42–2.94 <0.001
   4–9 4.07 3.43–4.83 <0.001 3.67 2.30–5.86 <0.001
   ≥10 4.98 4.12–6.02 <0.001 4.33 2.70–6.93 <0.001
Radiation recodes (vs. yes)
   No/unknown 1.17 1.07–1.28 0.001 1.11 0.86–1.45 0.424
Chemotherapy recodes (vs. yes)
   No/unknown 0.98 0.89–1.09 0.732 1.65 1.23–2.23 <0.001
Metastasis site (vs. M0)
   Only bone 3.61 3.12–4.18 <0.001 4.99 2.61–9.51 <0.001
   Only visceral 4.33 3.54–5.29 <0.001 3.58 2.24–5.72 <0.001
   Only bone + only visceral 5.58 4.69–6.64 <0.001 6.83 3.90–11.96 <0.001
   Multiple visceral metastasis 7.95 6.38–9.90 <0.001 46.12 25.10–84.72 <0.001

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